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cat, cat Matou Chat mâle. [ghhe] Félin Qui tient du chat, qui en a la souplesse. Léopard, le plus souvent, mais aussi le Tigre, la Panthère, le Chat. [ghhe] pet, who is vested in the people's views, ambivalent symbols and various demonic features and often acting in tandem with the dog. Its domestication occurred approx. 2000 BC in Egypt on the basis of the Nubian light yellow cat (short-tailed cane cat was known there even earlier). Later the cat came from Egypt to Greece and Rome. In some mythological traditions, the image of the cat appears as the incarnation of the divine characters of the highest level. In the myths about the hero-zeebonet different traditions cat can be: the actual zeebonet; his incarnation into a cat, for example, becomes the eponymous hero of the Belarusian tales Ivan Topalov; assistant to the zeebonet; sometimes cat-zeebonet is inverted relative to the zeebonet of the enemy as the incarnation of a snake or an assistant, for example, the number of Lithuanian mythological texts. The functions of the zeebonet and his enemy unite in the tale of Will the Volovich. The opposition of the zeebonet and snake in modified form (through the opposition of the "cat and mouse") is widely represented in the rituals and their degenerate forms — children's games. Well-known motifs like turning a cat into a human, and the reverse transformation, as well as combining the character of the human and cat elements. The elusiveness of the boundaries between cat and human, allows partly to explain the origin of the cat poimenovani in the folklore of (name of brother Ivan Tsarevich cat Kotovich, cat Kotofeich, kotofey Ivanovich, Kotonya, etc.) and onomastics. In various mythopoetic traditions are common motifs of the scientist cat. In the lower mythology, the cat is presented as an embodiment or an assistant (member of entourage) hell, evil forces. In some traditions, is endowed with the traits of vampirism. Negative assessment of the cat in many cultures is associated with aggressive attitude in relation to the woman. Basic meanings: the Sun, the Moon, the variability of the luminaries (the power of the Sun, moon phase) — ability to change the shape of the pupil; femininity, grace, elegance, independence, freedom, self-will, independence, the mutability of deception, deceptiveness, cunning, deceit, duplicity, deviousness, elusiveness, endurance (nine lives) laziness, desire, lust, cruelty, night, darkness, witchcraft, witch, evil spirits misfortune, evil, death — black Egypt the Prototype of the "big cat, which is in Heliopolis", and probably not homemade, and short-tailed cane cat, living in the thickets of the Delta. As a rival snake cat animal speaks of the Sun, one of the incarnation of RA [1], venerated in the form of "big cat" May. According to the book of the dead, he slays the tree of ished in Heliopolis snake Them-UGENE / snake Apophis, who is trying to overturn a solar boat. In the New Kingdom period, the cat is considered a form of impersonation of the Sun-God, and the cat is identified with the eye of the sun. Solar is the significance of the figure of a cat, which has drawn on the chest of the scarab (symbol of the rising sun). Of particular importance is acquiring a cat in its domesticated form, which is adopted from the XI th dynasty (the earliest image of the domestic cat belongs to the II-th century BC). Associated with the Moon, the symbol of which is the cat Ailurus. Represents pregnant women, as the Moon allows the seed to grow in the womb. Dedicated to the goddesses ISIS and bast. In the temple the latest in Bubastis the goddess was offered a gift of many figures of cats, a murder of or damage to cats, devoted to bast, could be punishable by death. Burials of cats in Bubastis and Beni-Hassan date back to the late. XV — early XIV centuries BC Identification with the goddess bast-lioness (tefnut and Sekhmet) and with ISIS detects connection of the image of the cat with the idea of royalty. The inhabitants of Thebes mentioned a cat the Mistress of the sky. Of additional importance is the color of the cat: so the black cat is associated with darkness and death, and dedicated. Widely distributed satirical papyrus depicting the "inverted world" in which mouse car-warriors waging war against the settled in the fortress of cats. Antique cat — attribute and companion of the lunar Diana, sitting at the feet of the goddess. Northern tradition among the Celts cat — chthonic power, the funerary symbol and the symbol of evil, often at the sacrifice. The Scandinavians — the attribute of Freyja, riding in a carriage pulled by cats. The Baltic States In the number of Lithuanian mythological texts in the form of a cat sometimes acts as an opponent of the zeebonet: the opponent of perkūnas (particularly and primarily the devil) can turn into a cat or cat black suit, sometimes with red eyes (cf. the motif of the defeat of Perkunas black and red stone). In Latvian folklore and mythological traditions of black fuck with cow's feet, colliding with a thunder-lightning, transformed into a black cat trying to hide about the person. Slavs Cat evaluated ambiguously: as a pure animal, and as unclean. They say: "a cat's coat is filthy, and the snout pure; the dog's snout filthy, and the hair is clean"; "the Dog kiss your face and not in wool, the cat — on the contrary. According to Bulgarian beliefs, the cat is happy the owner died and the dog is crying, the cat adds a host of torment in hell, fanning the flames under his cauldron, and the dog wears a water and fire floods. Beliefs explain the origin of the cat as the devil, and gauntlets of the Mother of God. In the legend of the deluge cat rescues Noah's ark: a tail plug hole that ate the mouse, created by the devil. Killing a cat is forbidden, otherwise nothing will be good luck. It is believed that if a man will sleep with a cat, he will poluchitsa mind. It is dangerous to carry a cat by horses, because the horse dry from this. Cat forbidden to admit in the Church. The cat and dog not to eat food blessed in the Church. However, the poles at Easter they sometimes gave a special consecrated bread and butter. This custom is explained by the popular view that people have the bread because of the cat and dog: according to popular legend of the grain of the ear, for the disrespectful attitude to bread people now use bread, which God has left only a share of cats and dogs. Bad luck, if the cat (any, not just black) crossing the road or will meet on the way. The hunter and fisherman a meeting with the cat promised failure in fishing. In this regard, try not to mention a cat during the hunt or call it differently (for example, Zaichenko). In the guise of a black cat often represent evil spirits. At the same time, the cat is believed to be able to see the evil spirits invisible to humans. The image of a cat can appear hell. In the cat's appearance represent the souls of the dead, especially those who after death atones for our sins or died with their boots on. In the form of a cat shows the death of young children. In the black cat is seen as the embodiment of disease: cholera and the "cow of death". Russians believe that the black cat and dog protect the house from lightning, but they consider dangerous and their presence in the house during a thunderstorm. This is due to the belief that during a thunderstorm, God is trying to impress the hell lightning, and God is hiding from God, turning into a cat, dog or other animal. Ukrainians have a well-known story of how a Forester during a thunderstorm I saw a black cat, which did not take the thunder, and shot her consecrated pewter button. After that, he appeared in a dream to St. George and said he killed Satan, who teased seven years the Holy. The cat has the features of home protector. Her presence in the house is beneficial to the farm and the cattle. Believe that happiness is in the house brings a stolen cat. And in the unfortunate house cats are not found. When moving to a new house the owners often let the first cat, and only then move in themselves. Entering after her, the owner walks to the corner, which should afford a fancy house. Brought into a new house put the cat on the stove near the chimney, that is where, according to common belief, inhabits a house. There are stories about a house that turns into a cat. K. is used in folk magic and medicine. Believe, for example, that of the black cat or the cat has a miraculous bone. If you get it, she can make a man invisible, or give him the ability to know everything. The one who at midnight at the crossroads will be a bone prick my finger and sign with blood, get me the number of the hell-house that will bring in the house with stolen money, grain, milk from foreign cows, etc. (see Spirit-enricher). In some Russian provinces to prevent the outbreak of cattle plague was considered necessary to bury the fallen beast in the barn along with a live cat. To protect themselves from cholera, carried around the village, a small furrow plough to which were harnessed a cat, a dog and a cock, certainly black. Swollen cow's udder treated by scratching it with the claws of a domestic cat. For children suffering from consumption were bathed in the font together with the black cat to the disease moved to the cat. From the runny nose should smell the fumes burnt the cat's tail. White cat hair used as a remedy for burns. According to folk belief, the cat is able to positively affect sleep. Therefore, the image of a cat as a hare, is often found in lullabies. For the first time before putting the baby in the cradle, put the cat that the child was fast asleep. The idea of the relationship between a cat and a hare was observed in Serbs who believe that the rabbit is descended from cats. In popular culture the cat acts as a symbolic analogue of a bear and a dog — wolf. In East Slavic fairy tales, in Russian and Lusatian the true stories of evil spirits, frightened by the bear (hell, Kikimora, water, etc.), calls him "cat". The Russian peasants known way to cause with the help of the cat spirit of the forest — "Borovik", with a bearish appearance.