Bastet Statue - Bronze Finish

Bastet Statue - Bronze FinishBastet, also called Bast, ancient Egyptian goddess worshipped in the form of a lioness and later a cat. The daughter of Ra, the sun god, Bastet was an ancient deity whose ferocious nature was ameliorated after the domestication of the cat around 1500 BCE. She was native to Bubastis in the Nile River delta but also had an important cult at Memphis. In the Late and Ptolemaic periods large cemeteries of mummified cats were created at both sites, and

making it a versatile piece for alcoves

embodying the proverbial principle "see no evil

Anubis was also an embalmer

Vintage Pewter Bastet Statue on Wood Base - Solid Pewter Hand-Cast Ancient Egyptian Goddess Bastet Altar Statue

fertility and military prowess but served additionally as a protective deity having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck

Adorable Egyptian God Anubis Plushie

Place it where the late afternoon sun can catch the metallic highlights in the bronze

presenting a Pharaoh flanked by his attendants in a composition that refuses to apologize for its own rigidity

Michael is the angel of death

Total Width: 27 cm / 10

"Horus was an Egyptian sky God in the form on a falcon whose right eye was the sun and his left eye the moon

Height: 17