Cats as divine symbols in Ancient Egypt - history of domestic cats


History of domestic cats begins in Ancient Egypt. These days people believe that cats were considered gods in Ancient Egypt, but actually it’s not true. For most part of history of Ancient Egypt, they were useful predators that in return for care chased away snakes, scorpions and other dangers. People kept them at home as a protection. Some people put them into their tombs as funerary goods with which dead could pay to get to the world of afterlife. They were treated royally and even divine not only because of their protection from dangerous animals or their use as funerary goods, but also because Egyptians believed that gods chose cats to inhabit. Cats weren’t gods themselves, but gods’ vessels and that is a reason why Egyptians treated them so royally. They were kept in homes and people put on jewelry on them. They were symbols of gods' power. Ancient Egypt was the first to keep cats at home and with that history of domestic cats started.


source: https://www.history.com/news/cats-ancient-egypt

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  1. englishdiary21 lutego 2022 09:35

    Dogs are domesticated wolves, as far as I know. Where did cats come from in evolutionary sense?

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