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Researchers Say Religion—Not Rodents—Helped Turn Wildcats into House Cats

By Manny Tejeda y Moreno | May 5, 2025

New research reveals domestic cats were first tamed in ancient Egypt for religious rituals honoring the goddess Bastet, challenging earlier beliefs that domestication began for pest control in early farming communities.

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The Goddess’s Backbone: the argument for the Milky Way as embodiment of Nut

By Eric O. Scott | April 14, 2024

Did ancient Egyptians think of the Milky Way as a specific attribute of the sky goddess Nut? A new study uses computer simulations of the ancient sky and analysis of Egyptian astronomical texts to argue the Milky Way may have been considered Nut’s backbone or outstretched arms at different times of the year.

Paganism

Review: Ptahmassu Nofra-Uaa’s Divine Icons and Sacred Verses

By Storm Faerywolf | March 19, 2022

Nofra-Uaa draws from the natural world and expresses a religious experience not confined by establishments, traditions, or dogma, but instead draws from the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, and the body itself, to describe a religious state devoid of shame or spiritual fascism.

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