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Ailuranthropy comes from the Greek root words ailouros meaning "cat", [1] and anthropos, meaning "human" [2] and refers to human/feline transformations, or to other beings that combine feline and human characteristics. Its root word ailouros is also used in ailurophilia, the most common term for a deep love of cats. [3] [4] [5]
However, cats figure in a great number of tales and superstitions because they live with humans yet retain their wild essence and air of mystery. [5] One folk belief about the bakeneko is that they lick lamp oil. [6] In the Edo period encyclopedia Wakan Sansai Zue, it is said that a cat licking this oil is an omen of an impending strange event. [7]
Considered one of the "five main "humanoid" races" in AD&D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick [22] and a classic of D&D by reviewer Dan Wickline. [23] Within D&D, the demon lord Yeenoghu is worshipped by gnolls. [24] Gorgimera – Half-gorgon, Half-chimera, whose goat's head is replaced by a gorgon's.
Bengal cat, a cross between the Asian leopard cat and the domestic cat, one of many hybrids between the domestic cat and wild cat species. The domestic cat, African wild cat and European wildcat may be considered variant populations of the same species (Felis silvestris), making such crosses non-hybrids.
Cats aren't necessarily known for being the social type. In fact, most people would say that cats sort of don't need anyone, or anything, to be happy. But that isn't always true.
One day, one of the most loyal servants saw his master's aged cat carrying in its mouth a shikigami with the samurai's name imprinted on it. Immediately shooting a sacred arrow, the servant hit the cat in its head; and as it lay dead on the floor, everyone could see that the cat had two tails and therefore had become a nekomata. With its death ...
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