Bastet

See also: bastet

English

Goddess of cats, Lower Egypt, the sun and the moon.

Alternative forms

• Bast, Baast, Ubasti and Basset and Phast

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Egyptian bꜣstjt (“Bastet”, literally “she of the ointment jar”).

Proper noun

Bastet

1. (Egyptian mythology) The goddess of the sun and the moon, of cats, and Lower Egypt; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ptah, often depicted as having a she-cat's head.

Coordinate terms

• (Eyes / Daughters of Ra): Hathor, Sekhmet

Anagrams

• A/B test, Battes, at best, bettas