On a clear, cloudless night, when you look up at the night sky, you can sometimes see the moon hanging in the sky, emitting a bright and soft light. The beautiful moon has been people's yearning for thousands of years. Many peoples in the world have legends about the moon, and there is also the image of the moon goddess in some mythological stories. Then let's take a look at Egyptian mythology to understand what the ancient Egyptian moon goddess was. who.
The ancient Egyptian moon goddess is Bast, also known as the cat god. She has a moving smile and brings music, dance and love to people. Folk legend has it that the incarnation of the goddess Best is a cat, and people admire her agility and strength. Goddess Best has a moving smile and brings music, dance and love to people. At night, she stretched out her cat-like figure, and her eyes shone like moonlight.
The goddess Best is in charge of human sex. Her original image was that of a lioness, and later she was transformed into a cat. When it transformed into the image of a lion, it represented revenge and destruction. When it transformed into the image of a cat, it represented revenge and destruction. Represents family, happiness and joy. This double-sided shape is more like embodying the potential temptation of a woman's dual nature of angel and devil, symbolizing the warmth of the moon and the power of female charm.
It is said that at night, the light of life emitted by the sun is hidden in the cat's eyes for safekeeping. Every night, the Sun God's boat travels through the underworld, accompanied by the ghosts of the dead. The poisonous snake Apep prevents the Sun God from drinking the water under the boat, but the goddess Best transforms into a cat, appears and cuts off the Apep snake's head, so that the Egyptians can see it again. Every day.
In this legend, the cat transformed by the goddess Beste symbolizes the savior, and the snake represents death and disease. The ancient Egyptians regarded cats as the incarnation and symbol of the goddess Best. Since cats became pets, Best has also become a very important god and image in Egyptian homes. There are often legends about cats killing snakes that attack the sun god. Drawn on papyrus.
The ancient Egyptians believed that certain living habits and physiological characteristics of cats, such as their nocturnal nature, unconcealed sex life and fertility, as well as their ability to catch mice to ensure a bumper harvest, were exactly in line with the characteristics of the moon goddess Bastet. The responsibilities are consistent, and it is naturally connected with the moon goddess.
Furthermore, the image of the Moon Goddess is also depicted as a cat with a human body, and even the goddess's brother, the Sun God, is also depicted as a male cat. In Egypt, Bast, the moon goddess, is the head of a cat and is accompanied by a group of cats. Therefore, cats are sacred animals in Egypt. Many temples raise cats and feed them according to rituals. In ancient Egypt, stray cats were treated well and domestic cats shared the family's food.