October 15, 2010
Posted in Festivals, Friday Findings
at 9:55 am
by Shefyt
Happy Friday! To revive my Friday Findings postings, here’s a really unique figure of Bes dancing. (Click on the image to go to the item’s page at the British Museum.) Possibly a decorative element for a harp, He kicks up his feet and flings his arms wide, shaking music from His tambourine to celebrate life and love, reminding the Golden One even as She turns for the south that we adore Her and await Her return.
Today is the Feast of the Pacification of the Gods, Wherever They Are. Celebrate for the Gods; make music and offer flame and cool water; and may They send you a joyous weekend!
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October 23, 2009
Posted in Friday Findings
at 12:11 pm
by Shefyt
This is an interesting piece. The museum’s Web page says that it’s a triad including Bast, while the label in the photo calls it “Seated Figures of Bast.” Is it Bast and two other lionness-headed Goddesses? And if so, who are They? Or is it supposed to be three different manifestations of Bast? Or, since three in Kemetic thought is the number of indefinite multiplicity, was this piece intended to signify Bast in all Her forms? Mysteries, mysteries….
(Click the image to go to the museum’s site, where you can view a larger version of the photo.)
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