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Bast is shown as a beautiful girl with the head of a cat. She is often shown as fully cat. Bastet is the name of Bast when she is in full cat form. She is the possessor of the Utchat, the Eye of her twin brother Horus, acting as the instrument of the sun god's vengeance. Bast sometimes took on the war-like aspect of a lioness. Daughter of the sun god Ra, Wife of Ptah and mother of the lion-god Mihos. She was depicted as a cat or in human form with the head of a cat, often holding the sacred rattle known as the sistrum. She was viewed as the beneficient side of the lioness-goddess Sekhmet. Sekhmet A lioness-goddess, is the wife of Ptah; created by Ra from the fire of his eyes as a creature of vengeance to punish mankind for his sins; later, became a peaceful protectress of the righteous, closely linked with the benevolent Bast. Purr |