Bastet Guards the Sun

This is sun-god Ra’s journey through the Egyptian Duat (underworld) as described in The Pyramid Texts (3100 BCE) and the Egyptian Book of the Dead (1550 BCE). The variation of Bastet taking over as helmsman was added by me.

Bastet was an Egyptian cat goddess whose primary role was protector of the sun god Ra. Her city was Bubastis (house of Bast). Earliest known evidence of Bastet worship is dated to 2890 BC, nearly 5000 years ago.

Besides Bastet and Ra, gods depicted in this strip include Sekhmet (lioness), Mehen (cobra), Khepri (scarab), Apophis (giant serpent),
Ammit, Anhur, Anubis, Hathor, Horus, Isis, Maahes, Medjed, Mut, Osiris, Serket, Seth, and Sokar.

Illustration style is based on Otto Messmer’s Felix the Cat comic strip and comic books, which he drew from 1923 to 1960.