God · Egyptian

Bastet

Bastet, a god of the Egyptian world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.

Tradition: egyptian

Documented identifications

LinkWho said soNote
identified as ArtemisHerodotus, Histories 2.137 and 2.156, c. 430 BCEThe cat goddess of Bubastis, whose festival was the greatest in Egypt, "is, in the Greek language, Artemis".

Sources

  1. Herodotus, Histories, Book II (tr. A. D. Godley, Wikisource)
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