Cat History, Culture

Cats are known in the West as a witch's best friend, due to a medieval superstition ---- that Satan, the Devil, liked to take the form of a black cat, and that witches would often take this cat with them as their best friend. This superstition stems from the belief that Galenthias was transformed into a cat and became the priestess of Hecate, the goddess of magic (Priestess).

In ancient Rome, the cat was a symbol of freedom, and the goddess of Liberty was often depicted with a cat at her feet. Cats were used to symbolize freedom because they were freedom-loving, and no animal was as strongly opposed to regulation as the cat.

In ancient Egypt, the hat was considered sacred. The goddess Bast, who symbolized the sun that nurtured life, was often depicted with a cat's head, presumably because the cap loved the sun. The famous Greek historian of the first century B.C. tells us that whoever killed a cat in Egypt, even by accident, was punished by death.

The male cat in Scotland is called "Gib cat" (Gib cat), the female cat is called "Doe cat" (Doe cat). Cats are also used as a metaphor for a wicked woman; if you speak wickedly, people will say you are "catty" (catty

).