Make a Joyful Noise! We have recreated this Egyptian sacred rattle to glorify Bast. Its tinkling will bring energy & fervor to your daily meditation. Egyptian Priestesses used sistrums to create a circle of protection around themselves and the deity image and to banish unwanted negative energy. Bast, the Sacred Cat, symbolized the moon in its function of making a woman fruitful, with swelling womb. She was also the Egyptian goddess of pleasure, music, dancing and joy.
Copper with black/gold resin handle.

11 inches high.

Bast - As a sun goddess, Bastet was the goddess of plenty and the mistress of pleasure. The celebrating of her festivals were renowned for being the most lavish of all the gods of Egypt. Bastet was also associated with the moon and in myth became the eye of the moon. The Greeks associated her with the Greek goddess Artemis.