Lucky Cat
Why is a black cat is considered lucky in some places still highly regarded in other bad luck?
Simply I can not understand why people only a few miles apart hae oposing views on black cats. but I reccon if you're a mouse a mouse or a bird then you are unlucky everywere, right?
Originally black cats were considered good luck. Only when Christian pilgrims arrived with his ideas about witches, and Sourcery evil done to change attitudes and associated black cats with bad luck. Some countries hold the view of good luck and others contend bad. The origin of black cat and good luck is believed to have begun in ancient Egypt with the sacred black cat Oagans-Bast. Bast, the goddess of Egypt reigned in the twenty-second dynasty and was the deity Egypt's official. Many courted her favors by getting black cats in their homes, believing he was going to be part of that cat in spirit, and grace of the house with wealth and prosperity. In the 1600s Charles I of England owned a black cat. He fiercely loved and protected her cat. Keep him under surveillance 24 / 7, until one day the cat got sick and died. Charles I was heard to proclaim: "Oh my luck is gone." The next day he was arrested and charged with high treason. Finally, he was put to death. In Yorkshire, a black cat is said to bring the fishermen home safely from the seas. During the most prominent part of the industry fishing in this town, the black kittens were often catnapped and sold to the highest bidder (usually the wives of the fishermen) by mafias trying to take advantage of superstition popular. In parts of Europe if a black cat crosses their path, are considered to have good fortune. If a black cat enters your house or home, which are a real blessing. When the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, they brought with them a devout faith in the Bible. Also led to the deepening suspicion of anything deemed of the devil. Composed of England and Europe, pilgrims were a very suspect. They viewed the black cat as a companion or a family of witches. Anyone caught with a black cat would be severely punished or even killed. They viewed the black cat as part demon and part witchcraft. When Christians to put a dent in the U.S. also pushed forward this myth, in a time when witches were coming to fruition in the U.S.. Sharing a sisterhood with witches in England, and rumors that use black cats as an integral part of his trade. Black cats were thrown suddenly in a bad light. different parts of the world have adopted different parts of the story changing.
