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Festivals for Bastet ... with Onions!

Festivals for Bastet ... with Onions!

The Religious Year (Parts 8-9): Onions for Bastet.

The History of Egypt Podcast

September 4, 201716m 39s

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The Religious Year (Parts 8-9): Onions for Bastet.


Months 8 and 9 were big on drinking and eating, with some strange rituals to go along with them. We meet Bastet (the cat) and Renen-utet (the snake), two goddesses who were friends to farmers. As the harvest season began, all looked towards the growth of the fields...

 

Select Bibliography:

  • Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 2003.
  • Anthony J. Spalinger, “Ancient Egyptian Calendars,” in C.L.N. Ruggles (ed.) Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy, 2015.

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