Cats have beensharing their lives with humansfor thousands of years, but they’ve also been worshiped as gods and goddesses. While cats were considered divine in many ancient societies, they had aspecial place in the Egyptian pantheon. Bastet, Mafdet, and Sekhmet were three Ancient Egyptian god...
Cats were considered demi-gods in Ancient Egypt. They dressed them in jewels and fed them special treats. When they died, the Egyptians would mummify them. Anyone who harmed a cat would be put to death unless the population got out of hand and then they’d sacrifice them to the goddess ...
cat associated with magic and the gods of ancient Egypt. So Ulthar went to sleep in vain anger; and when the people awakened at dawn - behold! Every cat was back at his accustomed hearth! Large and small, black, grey, striped, yellow and white, none was missing. Very sleek and fat ...
Cat myths first began in ancient Egypt, they were worshipped as the embodiment of the gods. The stories of cats soon reached Greece, Asia and the rest of Europe and they became synonymous with witches, though at the time it was thought that the cats were sent by devils to help witches ...
She previously taught 2 years of high school social studies in several states around the country. Originally valued for their ability to kill and keep away varmints, cats were more respected than any other animal throughout ancient Egypt. Cats were associated with the gods Mafdet, Banstet and...
gods. Cat cults and the temple worship of cats arose. Egyptian royalty adorned their cats in gold, while the lower classes made and wore jewelry depicting cats. Cat images were prominent in Egyptian art, on the walls of tombs, and onartifactsof daily life. Thousands of cat mummies have ...
They were first domesticated in ancient Egypt around 4,000 years ago. Egyptians believed that cats were sacred animals and even worshipped them as gods. Cats were also used to protect food stores from rodents and other pests. From Egypt, cats spread to other parts of the world, including ...
In Ancient Egypt, cats were more than just friends – they were used for social and religious practices, and considered beloved and holy housepets. Cats were so revered they were mummified with the same dignity as humans. Besides that, many of the Egyptian gods had heads of cats and bodies...
The Goddess Tefnut- Tefnut, along with her twin brother Shu, were the first Gods to be created by Atum or Ra. Tefnut personified moisture, and Shu personified the sky. They had two children, Geb, the earth, and Nut, the sky. In this way, air and moisture, earth and sky were crea...
This bronze figure probably comes from a temple. Thousands of bronze figures of gods, in varying sizes and forms, were dedicated in temples throughout Egypt. The donors of the statues hoped to communicate with the gods. Only the king or someone very wealthy could have afforded to commission ...