Ancient Egypt and Cats
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189793)
Boise, Idaho
April 26, 2025 3:36pm CST
In Egyptian beliefs, the cat carried the divine essence of Bastet, the cat-headed goddess who represented domesticity, fertility, music, dance, and pleasure. It was believed that they had divine energy.
Cleopatra's cat was named Tivali, which means "gift of God".
In Ancient Egypt, cats were held in high esteem. Killing a cat, even by accident, was a serious crime punishable by death. Cats were considered sacred and even associated with deities.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Apr 25
I had heard that cats were held in high esteem. I just wrote about an island in Japan that has many cats living there and also called Cat Island,
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Apr 25
I think I heard about that. Did you write on here about it?
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Apr 25
@celticeagle no on a different site as part of strange places There are other islands too you can see in the Wiki article. I would not mind living on one of them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_islands_in_Japan
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Apr 25
@RasmaSandra .......How cool. I want to go there. Yes, I did read about this. Pest control.
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@Ineeddentures (33875)
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26 Apr 25
I must admit that I hold Cats in quite high esteem. Cats are so clever. The Ancient Egyptians were obviously very clever people.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Apr 25
They are and the Egyptians were too. Very ahead of their time in many respects.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Apr 25
@Ineeddentures .......Yes, I know and a show on the History Channel debunks a lot of such ideas.
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@Ineeddentures (33875)
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27 Apr 25
@celticeagle
Some people believe that it was actually Aliens that built the Pyramids.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
27 Apr 25
Oh yes the Egyptians loved their cats.
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