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Jan 01, 2006 14:56



Bast



Indeed, you are 58% erudite, 70% sensual, 50% martial, and 66% saturnine.

Bast was considered the Goddess of pleasures, which covered a lot of territory. Among many of the things that fell under her patronage were: generosity, music and dance, childbirth, protection against evil, frivolity and sex. And this is by no means a complete list of all she covered. Not only was she the Goddess of all cats, but of all animals in general. If this wasn't enough, she was also the Goddess of fire and of the moon and protecress of women and children.

Bast was one of the most popular deities in all of Egypt. Cats of course were the most sacred of all animals to the Egyptians, but the black cat was particularly sacred to Bast. Several temples were dedicated to her, and each was home to countless cats which were treated as literal incarnations of the Goddess.

Bast was also the sister of Sekhmet. Together the twin sisters formed the "Yin Yang" of Egyptian religion, Bast, depicted as a young woman with the head of a domestic cat, being the positive force, and Sekhmet, shown with the head of a lioness, being the destructive force. For those of you who love wine; the white wine of Lower Egypt was the Wine of Bast, while the blood-red wine of Upper Egypt was called the Wine of Sekhmet.

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