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BASTET: BASTET is the bastardized name of BAST.
It's all to do with hieroglyphic confusion and alphabetic pollution. As the Egyptian language changed, some letter-sounds were in danger of losing their pronounciation.
So scribes fought a rear-guard action by nailing extra letters to the ends of words. Thus BAST became BASTET. But the 'et' at the end is, or should be, silent.
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BASTET
BASTET: BASTET is the bastardized name of BAST.
It's all to do with hieroglyphic confusion and alphabetic pollution. As the Egyptian language changed, some letter-sounds were in danger of losing their pronounciation. So scribes fought a rear-guard action by nailing extra letters to the ends of words. Thus BAST became BASTET. But the 'et' at the end is, or should be, silent.
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VITAL STATISTIX
Location : Ancient Egypt
Gender : Female
Category : Deity
Celebration or Feast Day : Unknown at present
Pronunciation : Coming soon
Alternative names : None known
Keywords : Coming soon
Mystic Number : 2241
Location : Ancient Egypt
Gender : Female
Category : Deity
Celebration or Feast Day : Unknown at present
Pronunciation : Coming soon
Alternative names : None known
Keywords : Coming soon
Mystic Number : 2241
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Data compiled by Chas Saunders & Peter A
Copyright © 1999-2010 Godchecker, Inc. All rights reserved.
The Gods told us to do it.
