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Lostris · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:11 am

Well, I searched for it but I didn't find anything, so now I ask you: my teacher (who knows that I'm interested in ancient Egyptian things) told me that the Egyptian people tied a cat to their shield in wars. Is it true? And if yes, did they do it because of their thoughts about the cat being a saint animal?

Lostris · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:14 am

Sorry, I typed something wrong but I can't correct it because the edit button exacts, so: ...my teacher TOLD ME that the Egyptian... I forgot that 'told me'. Sorry again.

chiaraal · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:32 am

I know that some king had a personal lion (like Ramses II) and they took them in battle...
But...cats! Dont' know.

Osiris II · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:10 am

Sorry, but this smacks of being one of the "facts" that go around from time to time.
Think about it--hundreds, perhaps thousands of Egyptian troops tie a cat to their shields? Why?
It sounds as if it's in the same league as the daughter of Khufu building a tomb for herself using a stone from each man with whom she "slept", or the wizard who turned a lake up-side down so a Pharaoh's concubine could retrieve a comb she had dropped overboard.
Pure fable...

Lostris · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:30 am

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tnrees · **Posted:** Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:35 am

Possibly a cat amulet - this made me think - I have never heard of a cat amulet even though the Egyptian worship of cats is 1 of the 1st things that comes up when you study Egyptology.