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day, Mr. Fitzwarren asked his servants if they wished to send something in his ship, leaving on a journey to a far off port, to trade for gold. Dick decided to sell his only close friend, his cat. In the far-off court, Dick's cat had become a hero by driving very troublesome vermin from the royal court. When Fitzwarren's ship returned, it was loaded with riches. Dick was a rich man. He joined Mr. Fitzwarren in his business and married his daughter Alice, and in time became the Lord Mayor of London.
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considered unlucky if a black cat crosses one's path; black cats have been associated with death and darkness. White cats, bearing the colour of ghosts, are conversely held to be unlucky in the United Kingdom, while tortoiseshell cats are lucky. It is common lore that cats have nine lives. It is a tribute to their perceived durability, their occasional apparent lack of instinct for self-preservation, and their seeming ability to survive falls that would be fatal to other animals.
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for centuries. Owning a cat, and especially letting one into a new house before the humans move in, is said to bring good fortune. Cats in Orthodox Christianity are the only animals that are allowed to enter the temples. Also, cats were an integral attribute of Russian Orthodox monasteries. According
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because of the ratting abilities of his cat. There is no historical evidence that Whittington had a cat. In the tale, Dick Whittington, a poor orphan finds work at the great house of Mr. Fitzwarren, a rich merchant. His little room infested with rats, Dick acquires a cat, who drives off the rats. One
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are generally held to be unlucky in the United States and Western Europe, and to portend good luck in the United Kingdom. In the latter country, a black cat entering a house or ship is a good omen, and a sailor's wife should have a black cat for her husband's safety on the sea. Elsewhere, it is
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period, contains the skeleton of a human, buried ceremonially with stone tools, a lump of iron oxide, and a handful of seashells. In its own tiny grave 40 centimeters (18 inches) from the human grave was an eight-month-old cat, its body oriented in the same westward direction as the human
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were long-haired cats for catching rats, and cats with yellow-and-white fur called 'lion-cats', who were valued simply as cute pets. Cats could be pampered with items bought from the market such as "cat-nests", and were often fed fish that were advertised in the market specifically for cats.
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said that cats had become the most popular subject depicted on gift items (such as coasters, napkins, jewelry, and bookends), and that an estimated 1,000 stores in the United States sold nothing but cat-related items.
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was associated with cats. Farmers sought protection for their crops by leaving pans of milk in their fields for Freya's special feline companions, the two grey cats who fought with her and pulled her chariot.
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skeleton. Cats are not native to Cyprus. This is evidence that cats were being tamed just as humankind was establishing the first settlements in the part of the Middle East known as the
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and the goddess Bastet was often depicted in cat form, sometimes taking on the war-like aspect of a lioness. Killing a cat was absolutely forbidden and the Greek historian
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The lineage of today's cats stems from about 4500 BC and came from Europe and Southeast Asia according to a recent study. Modern cats stem from two major lines of lineage.
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dating back to as early as 1607 tells that a cat will suffocate a newborn infant by putting its nose to the child's mouth, sucking the breath out of the infant.
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reports that, whenever a household cat died, the entire family would mourn and shave their eyebrows. Families took their dead cats to the sacred city of
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were far more commonly kept as pets and weasels, not cats, were seen as the ideal rodent-killers. The usual ancient Greek word for "cat" was
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five of their best mousers to control the palace's rodent problem. They lived pampered lives and even had special servants until the
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are featured in the history of many nations, are the subject of legend, and are a favourite subject of artists and writers.
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While the exact history of human interaction with cats is still somewhat vague, a shallow grave site discovered in 1983 in
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are frequently found in the form of memes, due to Grumpy Cat's deformed features giving a permanently unhappy appearance.
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expressed astonishment at the domestic cats in Egypt, because he had only ever seen wildcats. Even during later times,
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linked cats with cleanliness, noting that unnatural odours could make them mad. Pliny linked them with lust, and
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Domestic cats were probably first introduced to Greece and southern Italy in the fifth century BC by the
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tower to the town square below, which supposedly symbolised "the killing of evil academics". In today's
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Housecats seem to have been extremely rare among the ancient Greeks and Romans; the Greek historian
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Cats have also featured prominently in modern culture. For example, a cat named Mimsey was used by
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dating to the mid-fifth century BC showing Iokastos and Phalanthos, the legendary founders of
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to Russian law, a huge fine was imposed for killing a cat, the same as for a horse or ox.
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and other humor; and on social media people frequently post pictures of their own cats.
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The history of Dick Whittington, Lord Mayor of London: with the adventures of his cat
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of Japan is a figurine often believed to bring good luck to the owner. Literally the
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This is not the only cat shrine in Japan, however. Others include Nambujinja in the
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their cat companions out of respect in the same way that they mummified people.
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and their relationship to humans is old and stretches back over 9,500 years.
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Similar Greek coin from Rhegion, showing the city founder playing with a cat
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by Katharine M. Rogers; Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998.
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100 Cats Who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Felines
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Unlike in Western countries, cats have been considered good luck in
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Carlos A. Driscoll, Juliet Clutton-Brock; et al. (June 2009).
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is a fairy cat, sith or sidhe (both pronounced shee) meaning fairy.
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Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250–1276
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s famous opening scene), and during festivities were sometimes
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When Cats Reigned Like Kings: On the Trail of the Sacred Cats
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as their mascot and features in their logo as a spoof of the
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Don't Shoot the Albatross!: Nautical Myths and Superstitions
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Revered and Reviled: A Complete History of the Domestic Cat
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An old Irish poem about an author (a monk) and his cat,
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Nine lives: an exhibition of the cat in history and art
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Classical Cats: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Cat
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Index


Ōide Tōkō
Cats
Evolution of the domesticated cat
Cyprus
Neolithic
Fertile Crescent

ancient Egyptians
mummified
Cats in ancient Egypt
ancient Egypt
Isis
Bastet
sacred animals
Herodotus
Bubastis
Norse mythology
Freyja
Folklore
Black cats

Roman mosaic
partridge
House of the Faun
Pompeii
Phoenicians
Magna Graecia
Rhegion
Taras

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