Bastet was a Goddess whose theophany was that of a cat. Bastet's cult centre was Bubastis. She was the protector of pregnant women and the pleasure loving Goddess who served as the patroness of music and dance. Bastet was also believed to protect men from diseases and demons. The Goddess was considered the personification of the warming rays of the sun on the Nile. She was normally depicted as a woman with a cats head, holding a sistrum and the sign of life, the Ankh. [1]