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Bast (also 'Bastet' ) the Egyptian cat-headed goddess in her earlier days when she was a solar deity, a lioness, and protector of Lower Egypt. Later she would be diminished to a lunar deity and a mere housecat. The little cat shown here however is Bast's own.

Mixed media sketch card 2.5 x 3.5 inches, an Artist Return card for the Trading card set 'Legends & Lore' from sadlittles.com.
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~goldsutyoutube Dec 11, 2011
aah this is neet

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Mood: Wow! ~Carringd Nov 5, 2011
very intense
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*Starlace Jun 24, 2011   Traditional Artist
Haha man, demoted to mere lunar deity and housecat. Just one of those days (probably, Monday.) Gorgeous art.

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~ShurumiTattoomi Jan 31, 2011
Bast becoming a Lunar deity was more appropriate because she is female...
this was not a diminishing thing - it was elevating her to her proper level.

She was a solar deity during the time of Aton who destroyed everything lunar - opting for a more male dominated solar religion...

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~danka-ns Jan 3, 2011
featured here:
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Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
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~AsetNuit Jul 25, 2010
I love yoru style of art, it's so original!
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Mood: Passionate ~Luthienne88 Oct 6, 2009  Student
wonderful... I love this one. :D

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Sorry if my tense is not correct. I'm lost in time...
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~BohemianWeasel Oct 10, 2009
Aww, thank you very much. :love:
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~sekhmet-the-flame Aug 23, 2009
your bastet is beautiful! ;)

she was still a lioness in her late days, in the official sphere. but for the common people, a little gentle kitty was better to venerate ^^

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My other accounts:
*sekhmet-neseret photos of animals
~sekhmet-stock stock photos of animals
~egyptian-art-museums High-res shots of Egyptian artefacts in museums
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~BohemianWeasel Aug 30, 2009
It seemed like all the Egyptian gods became declawed to some extent with the Greeks and then the prudish Romans. ('O hai, I is Roman, let me absorb you.';)
I was curious though about Bast as a lioness as I'd only ever heard of Sekhmet as the lioness, and Bast (or diminuitive Bastet) as the cat.
(By the way, if you ever see Scotland you must visit the Burrell collection in Glasgow: largest collection of Sekhmet heads and statues I've ever seen, deeply awesome.)
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