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Cath Palug (also Cath Paluc, Cath Balug, Cath Balwg, literally 'Palug's Cat') was a monstrous cat in Welsh mythology associated with Arthurian legend. Given birth to in Gwynedd by the pig Henwen of Cornwall, the cat was to haunt the Isle of Anglesey until Kay went to the island to hunt it down.
Black and white cat who commonly carries out predatory schemes on Tweety and Speedy Gonzales. Tom: Tom and Jerry: A gray/blue cat who has a love-hate relationship with Jerry Mouse. Luna: Sailor Moon: A black cat who is a close friend of Princess Serenity and her reincarnations, and the lover of Artemis and the mother of Diana Artemis: Sailor Moon
In many cases their true identity is actually a cat yōkai, and it is also said that cats that grow old would turn into this yōkai and that their true identity is actually a nekomata. [1] [3] However, there are other cases where the kasha is depicted as an oni carrying the damned in a cart to hell. [4]
A mischievous anthropomorphic feline from Dr. Seuss's book of the same name. Cat Morgan: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: T. S. Eliot: Retired and works as a doorman at the book publishers Faber and Faber. He is a gruff but likeable character. Cheshire Cat: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Lewis Carroll
The Weasel and Aphrodite [a] (Ancient Greek: Γαλῆ καὶ Ἀφροδίτη, romanized: Galê kaì Aphrodítē), also known as Venus and the Cat is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 50 in the Perry Index. A fable on the cynic theme of the constancy of one's nature, it serves as a cautionary tale against trusting those with evil temper, for ...
These Wampus cats appear as female mountain lions with the heads of human, trollkin, orc, or goblin women and are created through curses leveled by shamans upon women who practice forbidden magic. Possessing the ability to enthrall others with their voice, Wampus cats despise all men, but especially holy men, priests, and shamans, whom they ...
The protective function of cats is indicated in the Book of the Dead, where a cat represents Ra and the benefits of the sun for life on Earth. Cat-shaped decorations used during the New Kingdom of Egypt indicate that the domesticated cat became more popular in daily life. Cats were depicted in association with the name of Bastet. [5]
The King of the Cats (or The King o' the Cats) is a folk tale from the British Isles. [1] The earliest known example is found in Beware the Cat , written by William Baldwin in 1553, [ nb 1 ] though it is related to the first-century story of " The Death of Pan ".