Magic Cat Views
... cats were associated with Freyja. The name Freyja (alternatively spelt Freija, Freiya, or Freya) means 'the Lady', and she is the mistress of magic (her particular form of magic being called Seidh, a system involving trance and very similar to shamanism). The day Friday is named after her. Her personal transport is a magnificent chariot, drawn by two large grey cats.
The traditional black cat accompanying the witch derives from the tradition that a witch would be given a 'familiar', that is an animal helper from the Devil, to help her in her magical workings. Most of these familiars would have a name (just like ordinary pets) but the very natural fact of giving a loved pet a name and occasionally talking to such a pet was already an implication that one is involved in 'witchcraft'. Most might recall that one of the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth calls her cat Grimalkin, (Gri meaning 'grey'; and malkin meaning 'cat' but also meaning promiscuous or eccentric woman) ; an actual case from a witch trial concerns a cat called Pyewackett. According to Matthew Hopkins, the Witch-finder general, this was a name 'no mortal could invent'. The name might be familiar to some from the movie Bell, Book and Candle.
What good is it, what good is it. You, my silly, dim witted friend, could keep Mr. Cat for yourself. After all, a magician's cat has to know a magician's secrets. Remember your dream, you could get anything you wanted (BUNNY lowers his voice) Like bags and bags of tasty, warm oven roasted yum, yum, peanuts.
Magic Cats The Magic Cats page is back! You can find other illustrations by these artists on the individual artist pages at Art Passions and the Fairy Tale Art page. Puss in Boots Puss in Boots, 'Le Maitre Chat' (the Master Cat), is part of a collection of eight short stories published in 1697 under the title Stories or Tales from the Past, with Morals (Histoires ou contes du temps passmeacute;, avec des moraliteeacute;s), with the subtitle Tales of Mother Goose (Contes de ma m
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