How to fully understand the history of Best?

The goddess Bastiato is a cat god in ancient Egyptian mythology, and she began to be worshipped as early as the second dynasty of Egypt (2890 BC). Before the unification of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, she was the Sivir of Lower Egypt, in contrast to the lion goddess Sehmet of Upper Egypt. Because of its similarity, Best's priesthood gradually changed from a god of war to a patron saint of the family, symbolizing the warmth and joy of the family and being widely loved by Egyptians.

In the oldest myth, Best was originally Sivir with a lion's head, and later gradually became the goddess of cats, and further transformed into a god representing the moon during the Greek rule.

As the patron saint of Lower Egypt, Best was once regarded as the guardian of Pharaoh, but her position was later replaced by Ra, so she and other lion goddesses (including Tafnat, Sehmet, Hator, etc. ) is regarded as the eye of the sun god, that is, the subordinate of the sun god. Therefore, many murals depict her battle with Apep, the enemy of the sun god La, the snake of chaos.

Her name is also related to the earthenware bottle where ancient Egyptians stored ointment, so she is sometimes called "the guardian of fragrance". Besides, she is the patron saint of the family, symbolizing the struggle against diseases and evil spirits.

The best statues are usually made of alabaster, and sometimes they carry a fork bell (West Stourm) and a collar decorated with a lion's head (Eggerz).

In the pyramid text, the goddess is regarded as "the mother and nurturer of Pharaoh" and the protector of female fertility. In the modeling of idols, she is sometimes a cat, wearing or not wearing jewelry; Sometimes it is a statue of a female corpse with a cat's head. People's worship of her reached its peak in the17th century. Many cosmetic containers, musical instruments, amulets and figurines are made of cats or cats' heads and women's bodies, and some statues are equipped with a group of kittens. Obviously, this is a symbol of the prosperity of people.

In ancient Egyptian culture, the female cat generally represents many good goddesses, but if the image of the cat is fierce, it represents the lion god Sehmet, while the male cat is related to the sun god. During the new kingdom, it was even regarded as the incarnation of the sun god La. In Eria's Boli Big Cat, the image of a male cat is described as standing in front of a sacred tree and killing Apep, the snake of chaos.