Papyrus Painting - The Egyptian Cat Bast (Bastet) in Blue Tones

Bast was said to be the daughter of Ra, though long after he created the primal gods.

She was originally a sun goddess, but after contact with the Greeks, she changed to a moon goddess, probably due to the Greeks associating her with Artemis.  Like Artemis, Bast was a wild goddess. To those who were in her favor, she gave great blessings, but her wrath was legendary and she was sometimes listed as one of Ra's avenging deities who punish the sinful and the enemies of Egypt. This is of course in keeping with her totem animal, the cat Cats were sacred to Bast, and to harm one was deemed a great transgression Bast's importance in the Egyptian pantheon might be due to the great value placed on the domesticated cat by the Egyptians. Cats curtailed the spread of disease by killing vermin, and though the idea of microbes was unknown to the ancient Egyptians, they must have noticed the connection between rats and disease.

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*****NOTICE****
Changes implemented by the Ministry of Antiquities requires all papyrus to be inspected by an expert - what this means is that while your order will show as shipped, it may in fact be on hold at the Cairo airport pending inspection. For this reason we are not able to combine papyrus orders with anything else, i.e. papyrus and jewelry, or glassworks etc. If you are ordering something else in addition to the papyrus you must order it separately. We apologize for any delays that may occur, ultimately it is about the preservation of the history of Egypt.

 

Artist:  Gamal

100% Hand Painted

Available Sizes (Approx)

1" = 2.54 cm

30 x 40 cm (12"x 15")     $40.00

We are sorry but Gamal has temporarily halted painting, as soon as he returns we look forward to more of his art.

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