Bast

According to Egyptian mythology, the bast represents a goddess and was originally worshipped in its original form – a lioness. Subsequently, the bast was recreated into a cat - most revered in Egyptian mythology. Moreover, the name “bast” was later changed to “bastet,” which means “female.” It is said there are hundreds of thousands of mummified cats found since archeologists began exploring tombs in the Valley of the Kinds and elsewhere.