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In some cultures black cats are regarded as sleek goddess-like beauties, while others have long feared dark cats as evil underworld beings. In literature, film, television, and fine art black cats have been depicted as mysterious and foreboding creatures, and historically the animals were even persecuted and tormented for fear of being demonic. This time of year with the countless Halloween banners, decorations and books, these shadowing felines are more present on our minds. Find out about the history of black cats, and how they are now perceived in the 21st<\/sup> century. In some cultures black cats are regarded as sleek goddess-like beauties, while others have long feared dark cats as evil underworld beings. In literature, film, television, and fine art black cats have been depicted as mysterious and foreboding creatures, and historically the animals were even persecuted and tormented for fear of being demonic. This time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-2097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-and-society","tag-cats"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/black-cat.jpg?fit=650%2C446&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5xKys-xP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Myths<\/h2>\n
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In France black cats may have been thought of as evil spirits in the Dark Ages, but now \u201cLe Chat Noir\u201d (once a famous bohemian cabaret) is so fashionable, the iconic cartoon cat can be found on mugs, posters, kitchen towels, and other houseware. Black cats are deeply ingrained in Parisian high fashion, and can often be found featured in haute couture editorials.<\/li>\nHalloween Legends<\/h2>\n
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Because of the centuries of superstitions about black cats and their affiliation with the devil, witchcraft, etc. people seem determined to spook themselves wherever they can during the festival of ghouls, ghosts and goblins. Some shelter homes may warn pet owners to keep their black cats indoors, or may refuse to sell black cats around Halloween, worried that they are at risk of being stolen by people practicing witchcraft, or Satanist groups using cats as a living sacrifice. Though this warning does circulate in the cat-lover\u2019s world, evidence does not back up such a claim. While there are absolutely horrific crimes that do occur toward animals, they are very rare, and your black cat is probably just as safe on Halloween as your neighbor\u2019s fluffy silver Persian. I think it is safe to say the only danger black-coated pets<\/a> face is whether or not they are more likely to be adopted than other pets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"