Bast(𓎯𓏏𓏏𓁐)

Bast is the Netjer of joy, perfume, and cats.

Offerings

I usually wear my Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Bastet perfume for her, which is also kept on the altar.

• Perfume
• Sistrum
• Dancing
• Catnip
• Fish
• Calcite
• Alabaster
• Onions (be careful if you have a pet cat! Onions are toxic to them)
• Beer
• Water
• Bread
• Beef

Epithets

See some epithets (unsourced) at Seshkemet's page on Bast.

See a very thorough list at this Google Document of translated epithets by Mekhatsenu.

References

• Celebrating the Egyptian Gods by Sharon LaBorde
• The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by Richard H. Wilkinson
• Per Bast
• Seshkemet

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