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1、巴斯蒂特在白天和夜晚的职责分别是什么？
2、为什么猫对古埃及人来说非常重要？
Cats were very important to the ancient Egyptians and were even considered to be demi-deities. Not only did they protect the crops and slow the spread of disease by killing rodents, they were also thought to be the physical form of the goddess Bastet.
猫对古埃及人来说非常重要，甚至被认为是半神。它们不仅能保护庄稼，还能杀死啮齿动物来减缓疾病的传播，同时猫也被视为女神巴斯蒂特的化身。
Bastet was the goddess of protection, pleasure, and the bringer of good health. She had the head of a cat and a slender female body.Bastet was the daughter of Ra, sister of Sekhmet, the wife of Ptah, and the mother of Mihos. Since the Second Dynasty, Bastet was worshiped as a deity, most commonly in Lower Egypt. Her form and powers changed over the years.
巴斯蒂特是守护、愉悦和带来健康的女神。她有着猫头和苗条的女性身躯。巴斯蒂特是太阳神拉的女儿，战争女神塞赫麦特的妹妹，造物神卜塔的妻子，狮形神米霍斯的母亲。自第二王朝以来，巴斯蒂特被当作神来崇拜，在下埃及最普遍。这些年来，她的形态和力量发生了变化。
It was believed that every day she would ride through the sky with her father, the sun god Ra. As his boat pulled the sun through the sky she would watch over and protect him. At night, she would turn into a cat to protect Ra from his greatest enemy, the serpent Apep.
人们相信，每天她都会和她的父亲太阳神拉一起在天空中穿行。当太阳神的船拉着太阳穿过天空时，巴斯蒂特会照看并保护父亲。到了晚上，她会变成一只猫，保护太阳神不受他最大的敌人——毒蛇阿匹普的伤害。
Due to her protective duties, she was nicknamed the Lady of the East, Goddess of the Rising Sun, and the Sacred and All Seeing Eye. She is also known as the Goddess of the Moon and was thought to be the eye of the moon and the eye of Ra. Bastet is still worshiped today and her protection is believed by some to be cast over modern cats.
由于具有保护的职责，她又被称为东方女士，旭日女神，以及神圣全能的眼睛。她也被称为月亮女神，被认为是月亮之眼和太阳神之眼。时至今日，巴斯蒂特仍然受到人们的敬奉，一些人认为现代猫也受到了巴斯蒂特的保护。
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