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Post details: Wordless Wednesday - "Tuesday Edition"

02/19/08

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Wordless Wednesday - "Tuesday Edition"

In Egyptian mythology, Bastet is an ancient solar and war goddess, worshipped at least since the Second Dynasty. The centre of her cult was in Per-Bast (Bubastis in Greek), which was named after her. Originally she was viewed as the protector goddess of Lower Egypt, and consequently depicted as a fierce lioness. Indeed, her name means (female) devourer. As protector, she was seen as defender of the pharaoh, and consequently of the later chief male deity, Ra, who was a solar deity also, gaining her the titles Lady of Flame and Eye of Ra.

This sculpture of Bastet reminds me a lot of Dragonheart and Merlin. Gorgeous!

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Comment from: Dragonheart & Merlin [Visitor]

· http://dragonheartsdomain.blogspot.com/

Thanks for mentioning us! Terrific Bast statue! :) The Sphynx breed was actually named by a cat show judge who said that us Sphynx reminded him of many of the Egyptian cat statues he had seen. :)

Permalink 02/19/08 @ 06:17

Comment from: Admin [Member]

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Dragonheart & Merlin -> Thank you I did not know that before :)

Permalink 02/19/08 @ 06:26

Comment from: Utah Mommy [Visitor]

· http://senelrads.com/2008/02/cute-smiles.html

Wow great story behind this photo. Happy WW!

Permalink 02/19/08 @ 09:36

Comment from: jams o donnell [Visitor]

· http://thepoormouth.blogspot.com/

It looks like it could be a sculpture of one of those two handsome feline fellows!

Permalink 02/19/08 @ 15:12

Comment from: BoSox Mommy [Visitor]

· http://bosoxmommy.com

I'd heard of Ra, but not that other stuff. Interesting!

Permalink 02/19/08 @ 20:32

Welcome to the blog of amateur historians Matthew James Didier and Sue Darroch. Partners in life and in crime, we endeavor to entertain you with snippets from our combined historical research. Past time with good company indeed, as we shall introduce you to Kings and Knaves, Queens and Mistresses, Cons and Heroes, from our collective past......from events well known to those perhaps all but forgotten, we will do our best to bring you interesting historical factoids from around the globe. It is our belief that through understanding our past we will all gain a better perspective on our future.