Bast

Her worship centered in Bubastis, in the kingdom of Lower Egypt, but she was worshipped extensively throughout the land. Known today specifically as the "cat Goddess", she did rule over cats as well as the other animals. Bast as also associated with an unusual mix of things such as the moon, joy, sexuality and pleasure, humour, childbirth, and good health. Cats were very sacred to the Egyptians, and they were often mummified and offered in her temples.

Cats were so sacred, that to kill on would earn you a death sentence. Bast was also revered by firefighters because the Egyptians believed that if a cat ran into a burning building, it could draw out the flames behind it.

Bast watched over Ra as he traveled across the sky during the day, which earned her the title of Lady of the East. As a cat, she could see in the dark and continue to protect him as he traveled in his boat through the dark.

Many homes had shrines to Bast to protect the household. Her main temple in Bubastis was huge and made with blocks of pink granite. Feasts and festivals to Bast were wild and rowdy affairs with plenty of food and drink. Children were not allowed. Her husband was Ptah, a lesser-known Egyptian God of creation. The fierce lion Goddess, Sekhmet was Bast's sister (also sometimes simply her own alter-ego, rather than a separate Goddess).