why is it a black cat is considered lucky in some places yet in others considered highly unlucky?

Question

just cannot understand why people only a few miles appart hae oposing views on black cats. but i reccon if you are a mouse a rat or a bird then they are unlucky everywere, aren't they?

Answer 1

Originally black cats were considered good luck. Only when the Christian pilgrims came along with their ideas about witches, sourcery & evil did attitudes switch and black cats became associated with bad luck. Some countries hold the good luck view and others hold the bad.

The origin of the black cat and good luck is believed to have begun in Ancient Egypt with the sacred black cat of Oagans- BAST. BAST, a goddess of Egypt reigned in the Twenty-Second Dynasty and was the official deity of Egypt. Many courted her favours, by procuring black cats into their households; believing that she would become part of that cat in spirit, and grace the home with riches and prosperity.

In the 1600’s Charles I of England, owned a black cat. He fiercely loved and protected his cat. Keeping it under guard 24/7, until one day the cat fell ill and died. Charles I was heard to proclaim- “Alas my luck is gone.” The next day, he was arrested and charged with high treason. Ultimately he was put to his death.

In the Yorkshires, a black cat was said to bring the fishermen home safely from the seas. During the most prominent part of the fishing industry in this village, black kittens were often catnapped and sold to the highest bidder (usually the wives of the fishermen) by racketeers trying to cash in on the popular superstition.

In parts of Europe, if a black cat crosses your path, you are considered to have good fortune. If a black cat walks into your house or home, you are truly blessed.

When the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock, they brought with them a devout faith in the Bible. They also brought a deepening suspicion of anything deemed of the devil. Comprised of Englanders and Europeans, these pilgrims were a deeply suspicious group. They viewed the black cat as a companion, or a familiar to witches. Anyone caught with a black cat would be severely punished or even killed. They viewed the black cat as part demon and part sorcery.

When the Christians gained a foothold in America they also propelled this myth forward, during a time when witches were coming into fruition in America. Sharing a sisterhood with witches in England, and rumored to use black cats as an integral part of their craft. Black cats were suddenly cast into a bad light.

Different parts of the world have adopted different parts of this changing history.

Answer 2

Superstition. In the Middle Ages Cats were not such common pets as dogs were and they were viewed in more practical terms as mousers and ratters. However, they were also thought to be devilish beasts, the black ones (even more devilish than the rest since black was the colour of the devil) were as well thought to be the companions of witches, because everyone knew that the devil took the shape of a black cat when travelling in the world. In the iconography of Christian art, the cat symbolized both laziness and lust and people showing affection to cats were thought to be witches themselves.
This went so far that there were cat purges where the poor beasts were massacred. Some historians think that it is the reason why the rats brought the Black Plague so easily to Europe, no cats left to kill the rats.
Black cats were even more hunted than the regular mouser, which is why the colour disappeared from the European breed for centuries.

In the Islamic world, the cat was respected and protected because cats were loved by the prophet Mohammed, the founder of Islam.

And to correct Rachelle, a black cat crossing your path is bad luck in France too

Answer 3

Black cats are in basic terms that, black cats. I surely do no longer comprehend why the superstition all started, and do not sense like interpreting each and every of the bull-roar that comes up at the same time as that is googled. My handle it, and in basic terms mine, is the straightforward undeniable truth that at evening, the sturdy black cat won't be able to be considered till you're very nearly on top of it, then it jumps up and runs. contained in the middle a lengthy time period, this may were sufficient to make human beings imagine they were stoning up from hades. that is my concepts, lol. My little black lady, at the same time with her gray brother, become left on my the front porch, both were no longer something yet bags of bones and so chilly I by no skill anticipated them to stay the evening via. She is a present day, marvelous vamp now, yet at the same time as she is contained in the shadows, the gentle would not even reflect off her coat, lol.

Answer 4

Historically, black cats were symbolically associated with witchcraft and evil. In Hebrew and Babylonian folklore, cats are compared to serpents, coiled on a hearth.
In Europe, apart in Italy or Spain, a black cat crossing one's path is considered good luck; however they were also seen by the church as associated with witches. Black cats (and sometimes, other animals of the same colour, or even white cats) were sometimes suspected of being the familiars of witches. The black cat was still usually seen as good luck; however, in the USA and parts of Europe (e.g. Spain), which saw witch hunts, the association with witches caused them to be considered as bad luck.
In places which saw few witch hunts, black cats retained their status as good luck, and are still considered as such in Japan, Britain and Ireland.
However in Romanian and Indian culture, especially in the historical region of Moldavia in Romania and everywhere in India, one of the strongest superstitions still feared by many people is that black cats crossing their path represents bad luck, despite the fact that these regions were never affected by witch hunts or anti-paganism.

Answer 5

I had a black cat called Blackie and He was absolutely adorable I would say he was the cutest cat ever people just see cats differently its like whether they like them or not personally I love them to bits

Answer 6

It is just silly nonsense as all superstition is. Take no notice of his and get on with your life

Answer 7

superstition