Cats, in ancient Egypt, were sacred animals. So their mother and goddess became very popular, too.
Over old Egypt's long history, Bast — depicted as a young woman's body carrying a lion or cat's head — was also worshipped as the goddess of fertility, love, music, dance (which, if Herodotus is to be believed, sparked interesting celebrations) and — the triad of women, birth and children. Which, of course, takes us to nowaday's Mother's Day:
›› The best part of Mother's Day is mom, no doubt about that. But a close second is sending carefully crafted emails using one of the wonderful IncrediMail letters with Mother's Day themes. Here are my top picks.