Are Cats Evil servents of Satan?

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There was something I remember reading in a newspaper about people who tried to do witchcraft usually having cats. The idea behind that supposedly was that by rubbing to you a cat could "rub off" a curse or other dark magic used against you on itself. Kidna like grounding wire

Aside from that, I wouldn't be surprised if in most pagan, especially shamanistic religions, the dog is much more important than the cat. Which makes sense in case of nomadic or semi-nomadic tribes: a cat's importance is in guarding a building (like a granary) from rats, which is a problem in settled areas; a dog is important for guarding the livestock, which is the main source of sustenance for a wandering peoples. I know for one that the ancient Bulgars, a Turkic tribe, often used dogs as sacrifices to Tangra, the chief deity. In fact, the khan, who also functioned as head priest, used to divine the future by "reading" the internals of the sacrifice. As an aside, in Bulgarian there is a colloquial expression for "I'm the boss" that goes "I'm killing the dog around here".

 

I think people have taken certain Shakespear works too seriously.

If you don't like cats then don't own one, its as simple as that.