Bast is The Egyptian cat-headed goddess.
Bastet was strictly a solar goddess until the arrival of Greek influence on Egyptian society, when she became a lunar goddess due to the Greeks associating her with their Artemis...
She was commonly paired with Sakhmet, the lion-headed goddess of Memphis, Wadjet, and Hathor...
Bastet was the "Daughter of Ra", a designation that placed her in the same ranks as such goddesses as Maat and Tefnut....
Additionally, Bastet was one of the "Eyes of Ra", the title of an "avenger" god who is sent out specifically to lay waste to the enemies of Egypt and her gods...
"When the Egyptians travel to Bubastis, they do so in this manner: men and women sail together, and in each boat there are many persons of both sexes.
Some of the women shake their rattles and some of the men blow their pipes during the whole journey, while others sing and clap their hands.
If they pass a town on the way, some of the women land and shout and jeer at the local women, while others dance and create a disturbance.
They do this at every town on the Nile. When they arrive at Bubastis, they begin the festival with great sacrifices, and on this occasion, more wine is consumed than during the whole of the rest of the year."
More:
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/bastet.html
http://www.moggies.co.uk/bastet/bastet.html
http://www.egyptianmyths.net/bastet.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastet
See Sakhmet:
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