5/26/2023 0 Comments Cat goddess rarPriests often wore a mask of Anubis during mummification ceremonies. His role was as the "guardian to necropolis" God of Mummification (embalming and the dead). When Amun was combined with the sun god Ra he was even more powerful. At the end of each day Ra was thought to die and sailed on his night voyage through the Underworld, leaving the Moon to light the world above. Ra sailed across the heavens in a boat called the 'Barque of Millions of Years'. He was usually shown in human form with a falcon head, crowned with the sun disc encircled by the a sacred cobra. He was the one who looked after the mummification process. He guided the dead to the next life via the court of Osiris in the Underworld. She was the protector of women and childbirth, as well as a loving goddess who enjoyed music and dance. In Egyptian mythology, the sacred cat is the animal incarnation of the goddess Bast or Bastet. Some images of Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses show them with a human body and the head of a bird or an animal.Īnimals were chosen to represent the powers of the god.īastet was the Goddess of Protection of joy, love, pleasure and pregnant woman. There were over 2,000 names of gods in Ancient Egypt.
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