The Little Monster (yes, that’s his name) in the laundry bag…he’s very cute for a bad ass with a chipped ear. He’s the 7th black cat I’ve known in my lifetime, and I’ve noticed that little black kitties have such BIG personalities, when they love you they really really love you. You’re their human. They’re very possessive.
This little boy has a past we will never know, when he came to us, we took him in because no one else wanted him. It was not an easy transition. He clearly had been abused by someone once, and has some anger management issues, but he’s a better kitty now, and plays well with others (sometimes. He’s cute until he’s not.)
Catnip goes a long way with this guy.
We love our little Monster.
It’s really hard to photograph my black cat in the evening (Source: http://ift.tt/1IStzrG)
Cat
Its eyes being variable, the cat symbolizes the varying power of the sun and the waxing and waning of the moon and the splendour of the night; it also denotes stealth; desire; liberty.
As black it is lunar, evil and death; it is only in modern times that a black cat has been taken to signify good luck.
Amerindian: The wild cat portrays stealth.
Celtic: Chthonic powers; funerary.
Chinese: A yin animal as nocturnal; powers of evil; powers of transformation. A strange cat is unfavourable change; a black cat, misfortune, illness.
Christian: Satan; darkness; lust; laziness.
Egyptian: Lunar, sacred to Set as darkness; as lunar the cat can also be an attribute of Isis and of Bast, the moon; it represents pregnant women as the moon makes the seed grow in the womb.
Graeco-Roman: Attribute of the lunar Diana. The goddess of liberty has a cat at her feet.
Japanese: Powers of transformation; peaceful repose.
Scandanavian: Attribute of Freyja, whose chariot is drawn by cats.
Witchcraft: A familiar and disguise of witches; the black cat as the witches’ familiar is evil and ill luck. Cats and dogs as witches’ familiars are rain-makers.
[Source: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols by J.C. Cooper]
Wonderful Days by Masahisa Fukase
Masahisa Fukase and his wife, Yoko, began their new married life moving in to Matsubara-danchi residential complex of Soka, Saitama in 1964. they were soon joined by a Siamese cat named Kabo. A few years later Fukase brought home a black cat that he had picked up on the way home from fishing- a cat which he named Hebo. From then on the couple lived their day-to-day life with these two cats.
A black cat, in theory, should retain its midnight shade for the rest of its life. So, imagine the surprise that a man named David had when Scrappy, his beloved furry friend, started seeing spots.
As the cat turned seven years old, his fur began sprouting white patches among his previously all-dark coat. This phenomena was most likely due to vitiligo, a rare skin condition that causes this brilliant marbling in feline fur. Despite the scary-sounding diagnosis, however, Scrappy remains a happy and healthy senior cat. (Source)
A couple face having mail deliveries suspended because their cat snatches letters from the postman every time he tries to push them through the door. Bella, a four-year-old black cat, lets out a “growl” when the postman approaches the house, before jumping up and grabbing the post.
“I regret NOTHING!” - says Bella.
Full story on The Telegraph
