Lady of the East

•Mixed Media
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Bastet was the goddess of protection and pleasure and the bringer of good health. She had the head of a cat and a slender female body.

It was believed that every day she would ride through the sky with her father, the sun god Ra. As his boat pulled the sun through the sky, she would watch over and protect him. At night, she would turn into a cat to protect Ra from his greatest enemy, the serpent Apep.

Due to her protective duties, she was nicknamed the Lady of the East, Goddess of the Rising Sun, and the Sacred and All-Seeing Eye. She is also known as the Goddess of the Moon and was thought to be the eye of the moon and the eye of Ra.