Bastet Statue - Black Granite

Bastet Statue - Black GraniteBastet, also called Bast, ancient Egyptian goddess worshipped in the form of a lioness and later a cat. The daughter of Ra, the sun god, Bastet was an ancient deity whose ferocious nature was ameliorated after the domestication of the cat around 1500 BCE. She was native to Bubastis in the Nile River delta but also had an important cult at Memphis. In the Late and Ptolemaic periods large cemeteries of mummified cats were created at both sites, and

The silhouette is classic: the ears are alert

and is the son of Nine Mothers (who may represent personified waves)

femininity

The new religion established worship of a sole deity

or simply seeking to connect with the spirit of one of the world's greatest leaders

Though associated with death

According to this myth Isis was able to revive Osiris after he had been killed by his brother Seth and she became pregnant with their son Horus

15cm & 13cm (7

This hand-painted Sobek statue is perfectly sized for any location

Sobek was an ancient Egyptian god usually depicted as either a crocodile animal lying on a shrine or as a man with the head of a crocodile

famously depicted in religious art as a warrior angel battling against Satan

Dimensions: 22x11x13