Bastet

Title	The Devouring Lady
Cult Center	Bubastis
Gender	Female - Cat
Father	Ra The King of gods
Consort	Virgin
Sons and Daughters	Although a virgin goddess she was nevertheless the mother of Mihos the lion god.
Patron - Dominion	Protectors of the Royal House Protectors of children and pregnant mothers
Dedicated temples	Ruins in Per-Bast
Appearance	Woman with the head of a cat A cat

She was associated strongly with Sekhmet her sister

The cat was a symbol of Bastet, many statues of cats were made to honor her.

Bastet is mentioned in the Book of the Dead, she destroys the bodies of the deceased with her 'royal flame' if they failed the Judgment hall of Maat to enter the field of reeds.

In the Ptolemaic Period, she was equated with the virgin huntress Artemis