Symbol of the constellations and Egyptian goddess Bastet

Symbol of the constellations and  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.

To prevent dangers from threatening according to the legend of the ancient Egyptians The New Kingdom in the symbol of the lion in the name of the god Sekhmet The characteristics of the cat goddess Bastet a symbol of nature and independence Fortune is the power of life to the south of Egypt that is popular to raise similar to the present day according to the belief. To drive away insects and poisonous animals Fast cats such as wild cats Common cats that will appear even on the walls in the temple or on the tombs of the Egyptians are like secrets from the stories of that era that no one has ever seen To outside the land of Egypt in the Mediterranean in the Alexandrian era and the Bastet temple at Saqqara.

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

chiddingstonecastle : image / Sekhmet's Amulet

Glazed Element, Late Period, V&A Museum Online Collection

The stars of the Greek-Roman zodiac Each constellation of the gods from the beliefs of humans in each era That the gods or beliefs in the stars in the form of movement in various ways Since the birth of the human world that makes peace The division of different groups of stars Of each person also has the duty to protect eliminate suffering and bring happiness Stars in ancient times in the sky Zodiac Group of stars in ancient Egyptian history Images of constellation symbols on pottery Patterns from the temple group Solar eclipse Lunar eclipse

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

In the symbolic art of the restoration of the walls of important temples and cities in Egypt archaeologists have discovered that the constellations used by the ancient Egyptians to measure time representing Saturn Jupiter's Mars and the seven arrows of the god Sekhmet are similar to those found today with little difference in most symbols south of Luxor Many constellations in ancient Egypt such as Orion and the transit of Venus date back to approximately 911 to 612 BC. During the Neo-Assyrian period the transit of Venus occurred in temples during the time of Alexander

The constellations became traditional beliefs in the worship of the zodiac constellations Constellations were created as amulets carved stone tablets in Egyptian temples and cities In the late Ptolemaic period the symbol of the god Bastet or Sekhmet was used as offerings to protect against family diseases and evil spirits The goddess Bastet a cat-headed woman representing the local god Sekhmet held a protective shield-like instrument derived from the ancient sistrum instrument called the aegis In the late Ptolemaic period elaborately decorated figures of geese made of gold and lapis lazuli and bronze statues of the goddess Sekhmet were also displayed

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