For #InternationalCatDay , a thread on #fantasycats !
1. JRR #Tolkien 's cats: from a poem on feline pasts and presents, to Tevildo Prince of Cats (an early iteration of Sauron!) and Queen Beruthiel's rather nasty cats!
Art: Alan Lee + steamy: deviantart.com/steamey/art/Te…🐈 #cats

2. The numerous cats of Countess Gertrude of Gormenghast in Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast series.
Art by marmaduke: deviantart.com/marmaduke/art/…

3. Gareth, a time-traveling cat from Lloyd Alexander's children's fantasy Time Cat (here's a blog post with more about this amazing cat: dimitrafimi.com/2019/05/12/a-t…)

Varjak Paw, the Messopotamian Blue, and his friends from SF Said's Varjak Paw duology! For @howlsmovinglib recommendation of these books as excellent fantasy see here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/2021…
Art by Dave McKean.

What other #fantasycats can you add?
UofG Fantasy

Prof Dimitra Fimi UofG Fantasy Tailchaser fron Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams Tad Williams is a wonderful #fantasycats