Bastet

Bastet is the Egyptian goddess of the home, domesticity, women's secrets, cats, fertility, and childbirth. She protected the home from evil spirits and diseases. As with many deities in Egyptian religion, she also played a role in the afterlife as a guide and helper to the dead although this was not one of her primary duties. She was the daughter of the sun god Ra and is associated with the concept of the Eye of Ra (the all-seeing eye) and the Distant Goddess (a female deity who leaves Ra and returns to bring transformation). Bastet (originally Bast, whether also Ubasti, Bubastet) was in the Egyptian mythology the goddess of fertility, which was presented in the form of a cat. In early versions with a lion head and an ankh cross. It is the goddess of joy, dance, music and celebration. She was a goddess with many functions: ruler of the heavens, living soul of trees, wet nurse of the kings, goddess of love and dance.