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The reason that cats are seen as yōkai in Japanese mythology is attributed to many of their characteristics: for example, the pupils of their eyes change shape depending on the time of day, their fur can seem to cause sparks when they are petted (due to static electricity), they sometimes lick blood, they can walk without making a sound, their wild nature that remains despite the gentleness ...
Cat-sìth (Celtic mythology) – spectral cat that haunts the Scottish Highlands; Cath Palug – a monstrous cat said to have killed 180 warriors; Carbuncle – one of its many descriptions is a cat with a luminescent chin [4]
Scylla – A monster from Greek mythology which has the body of a woman, six snake heads, twelve octopus tentacles, a cat's tail and four dog heads in her waist. Fenghuang – A Chinese creature with the head of a golden pheasant, the body of a mandarin duck, the tail of a peacock, the legs of a crane, the mouth of a parrot and the wings of a ...
In Chinese lore there is a cat monster called the xiānlí (仙狸)" (Japanese pronunciation senri, where "Chinese: 狸" means "leopard cat"). In this telling, leopard cats that grow old gain a divine spiritual power ( xian arts) , shapeshift into a beautiful man or woman, and suck the spirit out of humans. [ 14 ]
Usually depicted as a type of cat, the panther was at times depicted in other forms. It was depicted as a donkey, as a composite creature with a horned head, long neck and a horse's body, and as a host of other forms. [1] (The word "panther", in Greek, could be interpreted as "every wild beast", supporting the idea of a composite creature.)
9. Chimera. Origin: Greek The mythological Chimera is a terrifying creature that features a fire-breathing lion’s head attached to a goat’s body, ending in a serpent tail. There are varying ...
Cath Palug (also Cath Paluc, Cath Balug, Cath Balwg, literally 'Palug's Cat') was a monstrous cat in Welsh mythology associated with Arthurian legend. Given birth to in Gwynedd by the pig Henwen of Cornwall, the cat was to haunt the Isle of Anglesey until Kay went to the island to hunt it down.