Symbol of the constellations and the Egyptian goddess Bastet
Land of the Dead the underground passage to the ancient life beneath the pyramids fragments of carved stone and ancient utensils plates vessels southeastern part the cult of Bastet of the Nile from the temple chamber at Saqqara at Memphis the upper pyramid of Desaujer with inscriptions of lizards lions and goddesses of ancient Nubian origin of a burial of the 2nd Dynasty c 2800 BC the temple of the gods at Memphis thousands of stone vessels of the goddess Bastet combining the concept of protection from evil spirits with the ointment on the strength of the ancient power of cats and lions developed over millennia
An ancient Egyptian sculpture of a mother cat and her kittens,
dated to around the 7th century BC or later. The sculpture is made of cast bronze and wood.
the Egyptian goddess Bastet
In three papyrus inscriptions from the second century BC the daughter of Ra, who lives as a strong lion is depicted battling the serpent Apep Ra's enemy. The meaning and symbolism of the god Ra in the symbol of a cat holding a knife to protect from Apep in the past. In the night the god Bastet transformed into a cat to protect Ra in the myth of Apophis and was also the eye of the moon of Ra protecting him as he sailed his solar ship following the same path as the sun across the sky as a guardian protecting man from evil. The god Sekhmet also guarded the underworld which is shown in the papyrus. The bodies of the dead that Sekhmet guided to heaven and kept him from escaping punishment for past sins.
Photo by: Eva Lange-Athinodourou
Dedicating the light of the sun of Ra and the moon which have the power and protection of the same gods and protecting the Egyptians from disease the plagues who were called the messengers or slayers of the god Sekhmet gave the Egyptians the restoration of the body with the healing of the Lord of Life and on the other side of the god Sekhmet also brought the souls of the dead into disease which brought the symbols of the cat and the lion.
Funerary tablet depicting Re-Harakhti, the Egyptian sun god. Source
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago: image / thecollector
The threat of nationalism that has attacked in the past From the stone amulet carved with the goddess Sekhmet on the side recorded in papyrus from the New Kingdom From the former god Sekhmet who once had a hot sun that destroyed the threat of war that attacked Egypt in the past From the god Ra who believed that Sekhmet carried the souls of the dead in the symbol of a lion Until it became a constellation that has been believed since the Ptolemaic dynasty. During the time of Alexander the Great who used the belief of the ancient gods to measure time dates and seasons it was adapted until it became a belief in the Ptolemaic Greek-Roman zodiac
Glazed Element, Late Period, V&A Museum Online Collection
In Egypt the ceiling paintings show the zodiac similar to general animals that are mixed and applied to match the night sky area. Which is clearly visible with the Greeks who brought the belief in the zodiac to Egypt dating back to the Ptolemy era which is clearly visible in the temple of Esna 12 groups of zodiac constellations on 5 planets with the movement of the sun according to the seasons as a constellation. The exchange that the Greeks Romans and Egyptians applied until it became a pattern of constellations to be used with traditions in the Greek-Roman era until the era after Alexander the Great conquered Egypt
Art in the symbolism of the restoration of temples walls and important cities in Egypt Archaeologists have found that the constellations used by the ancient Egyptians to measure time depicting Saturn Mars of Jupiter and the seven arrows of the god Sekhmet are similar to the constellations found today that are not very different in symbolism mostly south of Luxor Many constellations in ancient Egypt such as the constellation Orion and the movement of Venus date back to about 911 to 612 BC Neo-Assyrian period the movement of Venus works in the temples of the Alexander period and the constellations that became a traditional belief in the worship of the constellations in the sky of the zodiac the constellations that were created as amulets carved stone tablets in temples and cities in Egypt. And in the late Ptolemaic period the symbol of the god Bastet or Sekhmet
Offerings can protect against family diseases and evil spirits from the goddess Bastet a woman with the head of a cat Sekhmet of the local gods holding a musical instrument in the form of a protective shield from the ancient sistrum called the aegis In the late Ptolemaic period Decorated with goose figures made of intricately decorated gold and lapis lazuli and bronze statues of the goddess Sekhmet.
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