Bast Part 1

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Her name was originally Pasht (Bast...,2016) and then B'sst which became Ubaste, then Bast, then Bastet; the meaning of this name is not known or, at least, not universally agreed upon. Geraldine Pinch claims that "her name probably means She of the Ointment Jar" as she was associated with protection and protective ointments (115). The Greeks associated her closely with their goddess Artemis and believed that, as Artemis had a twin brother (Apollo) so should Bast. They associated Apollo with Horus, the son of Isis(Heru-sa-Aset) and so called the goddess known as Bast ba'Aset (Soul of Isis) which would be the literal translation of her name with the addition of the second 'T' to denote the feminine (Aset being among the Egyptian names for Isis).
Bastet, however, was also sometimes linked with the god of perfume and sweet smells, Nefertum, who was thought to be her son and this further links the meaning of her name to the ointment jar. The most obvious understanding would be that, originally, the name meant something like She of the Ointment Jar (Ubaste) and the Greeks changed the meaning to Soul of Isis as they associated her with the most popular goddess in Egypt. Even so, scholars have come to no agreement on the meaning of her name.  (Mark,2016)

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There has been much debate on Bastet's name over the years. In its original spelling it would have been pronounced as Ubaste. Many scholars have debated her name, the original most likely meaning would have been "She of the Ointment Jar", which made sense as she was known to protect different ointments and perfumes over the years. She also guarded the Jar in which Ra's enemy Apophis was said to have been locked away in. She was also linked to the god of sweet smells and perfume, Nefertum, who was said to be her son. This further goes to support that translation of her name. However, once the Greeks came into the picture they began to associate her with Artimis, who had a twin brother - Apollo whom they associated with Horus. Because of this they tried to say that Bast and Horus were connected, so for the first of many, her name was changed. She became known as ba'Aset, which means "Soul of Isis". (Mark,2016) A later change to her name would be when her position as Lower Egypt's protector led to her being connected to "the more substantial goddess Mut, whose cult had risen to power with that of Amun, and eventually being syncretized with her as Mut-Wadjet-Bast (Lady,2012)."

one of the oldest versions of the goddess Bast was known by the name 'Pasht', from which our word passion was derived. (Bast...,2016)