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Egyptian Bastet Goddess of Joy-Protector of W0men Black W/Scarab 9"H 5069:
$65.00
Bastet EgyptianGoddess of Joy-Protector of Women W/Scarab. 9" H 5069
Bastet was portrayed as alioness.Egyptian Bastet or Bast was worshiped asGoddess of joy & protector of women. She was a goddess of many things,including dance, reproduction, music, the household, protection, and good luck.Her earliest depictions show her with head of lioness and sometimes a fiercedesert cat. Egyptians were very fond of the domestic cat. In fact, a personfound guilty of killing a cat was sentenced to death. Also, when a cat died,its family shaved their eyebrows as a sign of mourning.
The gods'complex characteristics were expressed in Egyptian Mythology and in intricaterelationships between deities: family ties, loose groups and hierarchies, andcombinations of separate gods into one. Deities' diverse appearances in artsanimals, humans, objects, and combinations of different forms—also alluded,through symbolism, to their essential features.
Statue is made of designer composite resin,hand painted and polished