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Bastet

Bastet or Bast (Ancient Egyptian: bꜣstt), also known as Ubasti or Bubastis, is a goddess of ancient Egyptian religion, possibly of Nubian origin, worshipped as early as the Second Dynasty (2890 BCE). In ancient Greek religion, she was known as Ailuros (Koine Greek: αἴλουρος, lit. 'cat').

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Consort
Ptah (in some myths), Anubis (disputed)
Greek
Artemis
Major cult center
Bubastis
Offspring
Maahes
Parents
Ra and Isis
Siblings
Shu, Tefnut, Hathor, Sekhmet, Mafdet, Satet, Ma'at, Mut, Anat, Qetesh, Anhur (paternal half-siblings) Min, Horus the Younger, Four Sons of Horus the Elder (maternal half-siblings)

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Role in ancient Egypt

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Bubastis

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Bastet

Nodes77
Edges76
Triples205
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025974
Components1

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Bastet

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related to References · 47
Bastet → AD Godley, Bakr, Behaviour, Berlin, Bernhauer, Bible, Biology, Block Statue, Bob Becking, Books, Brandl, Brill Academic, Bubastis, Cambridge, Cat, Deities, Demons, Dictionary, Domestication, Egyptian Antiquities
related to Further reading · 41
Bastet → Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egyptian Religion, ASIN B01K2D7BYM, Bakr, Boubastis, Brandl, British Museum Press, Bubastis, Cairo/Berlin, CS1, Eastern Nile Delta, Eberhard, Edith, Egypte, Egyptian Antiquities, Helck, Helmut, In, In Delvaux, ISBN
related to Name · 19
Bastet → Ancient Egyptian Religion, By, Coptic Oubaste, Egyptian, Egyptologists, Greek, In, In Middle Egyptian, James Peter Allen, Names, One, Phoenician, She, Stephen Quirke, The, This, Ubastat, Ubaste, What
related to Temple · 19
Bastet → Bastet's, BCE, Each, Egypt, Egyptian, Eye, Greek, Hathor, Herodotus, Horus, Karnak, Mut, One, Ra, Sakhmet, Tefnut, Thebes, These, This
related to Role in ancient Egypt · 17
Bastet → Along, Apep, As, Egyptian, Eye, Hathor, In, Isis, Later, Lower Egypt, Maahes, Ptah, Ra, Sekhmet, She, Southern Delta, Wadjet
related to Bubastis · 16
Bastet → Book, Boubastis, Bubastis, Egyptian, Ezekiel, Greek, Hebrew, House, In, It, Nile Delta, Per-Bastet, Pibeseth, Pî-beset, The, Zagazig
related to history · 15
Bastet → Bast, BCE, Cats, Dennis, Egypt, English, Her, New Kingdom, Patrick Bateson, Scribes, The, Third Intermediate Period, Turner, Twenty-second Dynasty, Two
related to Festival · 13
Bastet → Amenhotep III, BCE, Bubastis, Each, Egypt, Egyptian, Great, Herodotus, Nefer-ka, New Kingdom, Sekhmet, The, This
Consort · 1
Bastet → Ptah (in some myths), Anubis (disputed)
Greek · 1
Bastet → Artemis

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egyptian cat bubastis goddess temple name ancient egypt known lioness depicted also sekhmet ra one isbn later eds pp bce

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BastetConsortPtah (in some myths), Anubis (disputed)1.00infobox
BastetGreekArtemis1.00infobox
BastetMajor cult centerBubastis1.00infobox
BastetOffspringMaahes1.00infobox
BastetParentsRa and Isis1.00infobox
BastetSiblingsShu, Tefnut, Hathor, Sekhmet, Mafdet, Satet, Ma'at, Mut, Anat, Qetesh, Anhur (paternal half-siblings) Min, Horus the Younger, Four Sons of Horus the Elder (maternal half-siblings)1.00infobox
BastetSymbollioness, cat, ointment jar, sistrum, solar disk1.00infobox
Sekhmetinstance ofa role shared by other deities0.80text
Hathorinstance ofAlong with other deities0.80text
Sekhmetinstance ofAlong with other deities0.80text
and Isisinstance ofAlong with other deities0.80text
Bastet was associated with the Eye of Rainstance ofAlong with other deities0.80text

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