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Bast who is also known as Bastet (Although it is more correct: " Bast " ), is the Egyptian goddess who is depicted
as a woman with a cat 's head as shown in the following illustration.
She is the goddess of fertility, love, sensuality, health, and protector of the home. In reality she was queen of Bubastis, and her true story is this: Several thousand years ago in the kingdom of Bubastis lived a beautiful princess with white skin and dark hair called Selene, in those days all the princesses used to wear long hair and fringe, But Selene did not like the fringe but did not hesitate to fulfill all her duties as a princess, at the death of their parents was not candidate for the king and his brothers had died a few years before, so that one side was the successor should be a man but on the other hand should be the king's son and of the principal wife, however Selene by her intelligence and daring achievement be recognized as absolute queen, while married to, what at first was not very well regarded but Selene with his intelligence make people accomplishment.
After the disaster, the Egyptians gave thanks to Heaven and to Queen Selene. And thereafter the Bobcats were welcome to Egypt and over time became cats, which even today are still prized for their pleasant company and because we get rid of the annoying pests. It was for this great act of heroism along with others, that the Queen Selene came to be regarded as a goddess (One archangel or prophetess) and was depicted as a woman with the head of a cat.
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