"Cats have been kept by humans since at least ancient Egypt (...).Several ancient religions believed that cats are exalted souls, companions or guides for humans, that they are all-knowing but are mute so they cannot influence decisions made by humans (...).
There are also negative superstitions about cats in many cultures. An example would be the belief that a black cat "crossing your path" leads to bad luck, or that cats are witches' familiars used to augment a witch's powers and skills. (...).
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Legends, myths, folklore and fairytales:
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Bast (or Bastet), Egyptian goddess with the head of a cat,
Cait Sidhe, a fairy creature from Celtic mythology,
The cat was the animal of Libera, the Roman mythological personification of Liberty,
Freyja's horse-sized winged cats, who draw the Norse goddess's chariot,
Maneki Neko, the lucky beckoning cat of Japan,
Patripatan, the cat that climbed into the sky to praise its master to the gods in South-East Asian Indian mythology ,
Puss in Boots, a cat from a European folk tale,
The Cat in the Adage which is mentioned by Lady Macbeth in MacBeth (...)"
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