Bastet Cat Goddess Statue, 8 Inches Ogun Ornament Hughes's imagery in the lineage

Hughes's imagery in the lineage of Art Nouveau

Devotees build her home altars and petition her for a wide range of needs: protection from harm

The Mortar's Place

Tradition holds that the archangel Michael revealed angelica as a guard against evil and plague

are worked for purification

Bastet Cat Goddess Statue, 8 Inches Ogun Ornament Hughes's imagery in the lineageLong before cats were household companions, they were sacred. Bastet is the Egyptian cat goddess, guardian of the home and family, goddess of joy, music, fertility, and the fierce, protective love of a mother cat. This statue shows her in her cat form, the sleek seated cat whose dignity carries an unmistakable undercurrent of power. At eight inches, with fine detail picked out in enamel, she is sized to anchor an altar or shelf as a daily presence