Bast
was considered the Goddess of pleasures, which covered a lot of
territory. Among many of the things that fell under her patronage were:
generosity, music and dance, childbirth, protection against evil,
frivolity and sex. And this is by no means a complete list of all she
covered. Not only was she the Goddess of all cats, but of all animals
in general. If this wasn't enough, she was also the Goddess of fire and
of the moon and protecress of women and children.
Bast was one of the most popular deities in all of Egypt.
Cats of course were the most sacred of all animals to the Egyptians,
but the black cat was particularly sacred to Bast. Several temples were
dedicated to her, and each was home to countless cats which were
treated as literal incarnations of the Goddess.
Bast was also the sister of Sekhmet. Together the twin
sisters formed the "Yin Yang" of Egyptian religion, Bast, depicted as a
young woman with the head of a domestic cat, being the positive force,
and Sekhmet, shown with the head of a lioness, being the destructive
force. For those of you who love wine; the white wine of Lower Egypt
was the Wine of Bast, while the blood-red wine of Upper Egypt was
called the Wine of Sekhmet.
The Fifteen Goddesses
These are the 15 categories of this test. If you score above average in �
�all or none of the four variables: Neit. �
Erudite: Minerva. �
Sensual: Aphrodite. �
Martial: Artemis. �
Saturnine: Persephone. �
Erudite & Sensual: Isis. �
Erudite & Martial: Sekhmet. �
Erudite & Saturnine: Nemesis. �
Sensual & Martial: Hera. �
Sensual & Saturnine: Bast. �
Martial & Saturnine: Ilamatecuhtli. �
Erudite, Sensual & Martial: Maeve. �
Erudite, Sensual & Saturnine: Freya. �
Erudite, Martial & Saturnine: Sedna. �
Sensual, Martial & Saturnine: Macha.
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