these familial associations are somewhat misleading, however, because egyptian gods shared relationships beyond traditional family contexts. sekhmet, bastet and dozens of other goddesses were considered to be “eyes-of-ra”. bastet and sekhmet were paired, for example, but they were paired geographically and not as opposite personalities of bastet. the main place of bastet’s worship was in lower egypt while sekhmet was worshipped primarily in upper egypt. egyptians traditionally associated bastet as a “she of the north” and sekhmet as a “she of the south”. sometimes bastet was also called “lady of the east” (protectress of the eastern delta) while sekhmet was called the “lady of the west” (protectress of the western delta).