Bastt Symbol

Bastet is the Goddess of cats,fire,and pregnant woman. Bastet is a “ human hybrid “ meaning she has a woman figure from the chest down, and a cat like experience from the neck up. Baset is the only feline god to be represented as a domesticated cat. She represents Lower Egypt also she had a head of a lion but was changed because of the New Kingdom and was the associated with normal cats. Bastet has a few items to symbolize her such as the cat, lioness, and a sistrum( a musical instrument that rattles).

Bastet was one of the protectors of Ra meaning she could turn herself into a cat to fight against her father’s enemies such as his greatest enemy Apep . In many images it shows that Bastet cut of Apep’s head with a sort of curved knife. For saving her father she is know as “ The Sacred All-Seeing Eyes “. Bast has two cults( a system of religious beliefs and rituals ) associated with her of her which are the Bubastis and Leontopolis.Bast has two …show more content…
Sobek looks like a “ human hybrid ” which meant he had the head of a human man and a head of a crocodile, or he could just look like normal crocodile. Crocodiles were mummified to represent Sobek, and were treated like household pets. Given necklaces and jewels. When ever there was a problem with the Nile River people would pray to Sobek. Sobek has a cult associated by him called Lake Moeris.

It is believed that the Nile is made of Sobek's sweat. A myth about Sobek is that one day while working at the at the Nile he saw the dead body of Osiris flouting by. Sobek was very hungry so without thinking he ate part of the god’s body. Later finding out punished him by cutting off his tongue. That is why today crocodiles do not have Egyptian