User:Badbilltucker/Mythological Cats

This is a list of cats from mythology. See also User:Badbilltucker/Real cats and User:Badbilltucker/Fictional Cats.

=Alphabetical listing=

A

 * Abasambo (also called Ikimizi, Bung Bung, Bakanga and Ntarargo) - from Ethiopian folklore.
 * Artemis - turned herself into a cat & hid in the moon so Typhon wouldn't find her.

B

 * Bakanga - myth of the Central African Republic.
 * Bast - cat-goddess of women, children and the sun, from Egyptian mythology, also called Bastet, Ubasti, and Pasht.
 * Butter cat - also known as Para and Smieragatto, benevolent cat from Scandinavian folklore.

C

 * Cactus cat - cat with spines from stories of American frontiersmen.
 * Cat Sidhe - fairy black cat with white locket believed to be a transformed witch, from Scottish folklore.
 * Ccoa - demonic cat believed by the Quiché Maya of Peru to bring hail and lightning to destroy crops.

E

 * El Broosha - cat Lilith transformed into after leaving the Garden of Eden.

M

 * Matagot - also called Chat D'Argent and Coste, a legendary French cat saig to bring gold to a home if it is is well fed.

=References=