Anuket Egyptian Gods on Egypt Tour and Nile Cruise

Take a personalised Egypt tour including a Nile cruise to learn about the Egyptian gods such as Anuket
She looked after all women. Bast, the Egyptian cat goddess - a goddess of the home and of the domestic cat, although she sometimes took on the war-like aspect of a lioness. Bubastis was even the capital of Egypt for a time during the Late Period, and some pharaohs took her name in their king-names.
She took care of the dead and guided them to their new homes and supplied them with food and water. In the times approaching the Ptolemaic period the name Amun appears to have been connected with the root men, "to abide, to be permanent".
In Upper Egypt, around Elephantine, Anuket was worshipped as the companion (generally the daughter) of Khnum and Sati. She was the goddess of music and dancing, as well. Daughter of the sun god Ra, although sometimes regarded as the daughter of Amun and mother of the lion-god Mihos.
Also called Bastet, the goddess Bast is widely known today as the "Cat Goddess". She personified the world beyond - "Land of the West" - Amenty. One of the attributes which were applied to him was that of eternal, he is represented in five forms in Egypt:
Her sacred animal was the gazelle. Dead women were identified with Hathor, as men were identified with Osiris. Her cult was centered on her sanctuary at Bubastis in the delta region, where a necropolis has been found containing mummified cats.
See the egyptian gods like anuket and bastet on an egypt tour with a nile cruise.