black cat superstition?

Question

if you saw a black (with orange streaks here and there) at night, is that bad luck? doesn't it have to be all black?

Answer 1

There are many superstitions associated with cats, partly because the cat has lived alongside humans for many millennia. The cat was worshipped in Egypt and to kill one was considered a capital crime. When an Egyptian family's cat died, the cat was mummified and the family went into mourning. Romans, also, considered the cat sacred and introduced it into Europe. By the 17th Century, however, the cat began to be associated with witchcraft and it's luck turned from good to bad in many areas. A practice that became popular for a time was to burn cats and other animals on Shrove Tuesday (before the start of Lent), in order to protect one's home from fire and other calamities.

Superstitions centering around the black cat are some of the most well-known and popular superstitions today. It is interesting, though, because the good or bad luck they possess is dependent on where you live in the world. In Britain and Japan, having a black cat cross your path, is considered good luck, whereas if you live in the USA or several European countries, it is bad luck to have a black cat walk by.

Good luck associated with black cats include:

Possessing a black cat.
Having a black cat greet you at a door.
Having a black cat enter your home.
Meeting three black cats in succession.
Touching a black cat.

Bad luck associated with black cats include:

Meeting a black cat early in the morning.
Having a black cat turn its back on you.
Scaring or driving away a black cat from your property.
Walking under a ladder after a black cat has walked underneath it. -

Answer 2

I don't beleieve such theings..let's be seroius..
A cat cannot bring bad luck just because he was born with black fur and eventually orange strikes here and there...So i guess it's really silly.

Check out on the Mythology and Folklore resolved questions What about superstiions...smb answerede me that it is fear against the unknown and i totally agree

Answer 3

technically there is no such thing has an all black cat, they all have some form of white on them. In some countries it is good luck and they try to get a black cat to Cross their path

Answer 4

I hate when my family stops in the middle of the road to turn around to avoid a black an all black cat.

I do not believe in it at all.

Answer 5

I have done the black cat in your path thing a thousand times, my boyfriend has a black cat and so do my next door neighbors. It is only a myth, but so the myth goes, it has to be an all black cat.

Answer 6

It has to be all black.
It's only a superstition, having a black cat run in front of you will not cause you bad luck.

Answer 7

The only bad luck situation that were involved with black cats or any cats is when some very stupid people started killing cats during the black plauge that happen in Europe.................. And that became bad luck for all those people that dies............ And all those so called witches that had cats for pets. Their pets ate mouses also.................................................

Answer 8

i dont blame too many of my problems on black cats. i owned a few and they re no different other than you can put any color of collar on them bc black goes with anything ;0)

Answer 9

its has to be all black