Bastet - God Protector of Cats

Bastet

Daughter of Ra

Bastet - Protector of Cats
Cat or head of a cat

she also called as Bast, goddess of cats. She was imagined as a human with head of a cat, but originally she had the head of a lion.
Every day, Ra would travel in his ship. Every night the snake Apep would to his journey through the underworld. Ra was usually won these battles. However, on stormy days, or during an eclipse, the Egyptians believed that Apep had been victorious and swallowed the sun. Bastet defended her father Ra against the snake. 

Bastet was the protector of cats. The Ancient Egyptians had a great respect for cats since they protected the grain from mice and rats, which can also cause disease. Killing a cat was punishable by death. When a cat died, the family mourned it, shaving their eyebrows to mark their sadness. Cats were sometimes mummified, like people, and their mummies have been found.

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