Goddess of the Week: Bast

This week's goddess of the week is Bast. The Egyptian Goddess of fertility and protection. Bast is most often portrayed with the head of a cat or lioness. She was the protector of the Pharaoh and sun god Ra. Statues of Bast were placed in houses to protect them from thieves, rats and cobras.

The Daughter of Ra and the sister of Sekhmet, Bast was also said to be the goddess of perfume, music, dance and passion.She had a son named Nefertem.

The symbols of Bast are lions, cats, and the utchat.

Offerings might include catnip,and  tigers eye.

Her other names include Bastet, Ubasti, and Pasht.