It's #FolkloreSunday 🐱👑 An old man walking home one evening meets a cat, who says: "Tell Tom Tildrum, Tim Toldrum is dead" Returning home he repeats this to his wife, whereupon their own cat Tom exclaims: "Then I'm the King of the Cats" art: Arthur Rackham

#FolkloreSunday Norwegian Forest Cats, also known as Viking cats, are large-bodied, domestic cats that look like something straight out of a fairy tale. According to Norse mythology, the goddess Freyja travelled across the heavens in a chariot pulled by two large cats.

#FolkloreSunday There are superstitions around cats & marriage in Nordic culture:girls who like cats are guaranteed to marry, stepping on a cat’s tail delays your chance of marriage by a year. A black cat as a wedding gift brings good luck. medium.com/@rachaellawrit… Art-Kamwei Fong

In ancient times, cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. ~ Terry Pratchett #FolkloreSunday 😻

For the ancient Romans, cats were the sacred, symbolic animal of Diana, Goddess of the Moon.  ( My latest latch-hook creation showing a cat and the moon) #FolkloreSunday #FolkloreSunday #latchhook #woolcraft #crafting

Black cats in some cultures symbolized enduring love. Their dark coats represented loyalty that remained even in uncertain times. #FolkloreSunday Art: Dreamframer

Daily Cat Fact Les Chats which was published in 1727 is considered to be the first book written entirely about cats. Written by Francois-Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif (1687-1770) who was the royal historiographer to King Louis XV.

The bakeneko, or changed cat, is a Japanese kaibyō, or supernatural cat. Many stories claim the bakeneko steal napkins, wear them on their heads, and dance! #Fairytaletuesday #catlore 🎨Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst. ~Arthur Conan Doyle This #BookologyThursday we celebrate with the theme: ✨Indomitable Spirits of All Kinds✨ in literature, art, and lore. (art by Piotr Jabłoński)

Nothing says it's all over like a funeral. Unless a cat jumps over the grave, and then the deceased will rise again as a vampire! #WyrdWednesday #catlore

Two cats are forbidden lovers in the fairytale, The Cat's Elopement. The cats have different owners and neither owner will give up their cat. Finally, the cats elope and appeal to the princess for help—The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. #LegendaryWednesday #catlore

Photograph from the Cats of Rome (Gatti di Roma) postcard series. Photographer: Giancarlo Gasponi. Today, a different kind of resident lives atop the Temple of Saturn and the surrounding structures in the Roman Forum. These cats aren't ordinary strays. They're legally protected

Indomitable Spirits of All Kinds? How about The Demon Cat of Washington, D.C.? It prophesies significant tragedies or political events. It haunts the U.S. Capitol building. This phantom feline appears as an ordinary tabby or black cat, but grows elephant-sized. #bookologythursday

Today’s Vintage Ad With Unexpected Cats. And they want your money.

In which #ForteanFriday meets #OldWeirdCats. 👀 (Lyons Mirror 1897, via Newspapers.com)

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. ~Jules Verne 🎨 Lionel Lindsay (1924) #caturday

Abraham Lincoln was the first cat owner to ever become president.

Nothing says home comforts like a roaring fire. However, if the family cat lies with its back to the fire, a huge storm is on the way. #FolkloreSunday #catlore

Placing a dead cat inside the foundations of medieval and early modern European buildings was thought to ward off evil spirits, witches, bad luck, or spiritual vermin. Their mummified or skeletal remains are often discovered during renovations. #MythologyMonday #catlore

Join us this week as #BookologyThursday explores: 🌊 What Lies Beneath 🌊 Creatures, treasures, and monsters that lurk in the depths in literature, art, and lore. art by Sebastian Giacobino