Why were egyptians or mummys afraid of cats?

Question

I've always wanted to know that lol.

Answer 1

Well they were not afraid at all my friend.... infact the cat in ancient Egypt was a sacred and respected beast. These small companions fascinated the Egyptians, and were venerated by all. It was in Egypt that the cat was first domesticated 4,000 years ago and where they were held in the most admiration and respect.
When a cat died their former owners and occupants of the house would go into deep mourning and shave their eyebrows as a sign of grief. People are not the only mummies in Egypt, as the cat was also mummified significantly.
Cats were not only protected by almost every occupant of Egypt, but also by the law. So extreme infact was the devoutness of the Egyptian culture to the cat, that if a human killed a feline, either intentionally or unintentionally, that human was sentenced to death. Laws were set that also forbid the exportation of cats, though more often than not, many were smuggled to the neighboring Mediterranean countries.

So your question seems to be wrong :-)

Answer 2

You mean like in the movie 'the mummy', I take it? Egyptians worshiped cats. Cats were a deified, were thought to be holy, and the mummy was an unholy undead creature.

I am relatively certain that the movie makers wanted it to be similar to a vampire confronted with a cross, or something to that effect.

If you were referring to something else, then please disregard my answer ;)

Good luck, I hope that helps!

Answer 3

If you're basing this on the Mummy movies, those were making it all up so they could do stuff with the plot.

The Egyptians liked cats. Nobody was afraid of them.

Answer 4

no cats were worshiped. I thought it a weird thing to put in the film to be honest but the white cat was a cutie. so was the mummy once he got his skin on.

Answer 5

Why Were Cats Mummified

Answer 6

you might have picked it up from the move "Mummy" is it!?
well in movies anything can happen you see, even a dead person cat get up from his coffin but its only possibe in movies!!
so dont always beleive what movies say!
or maybe u picked it from somewhere else,
cats were kind of worshipped by the egyiptians & they attracted the egyiptians.

Answer 7

I think cats were considered superior in that cultural. Cats were actually being mummified (I hope that's even a word) to protect dead kings/queens because they were so sacred.

Answer 8

They weren't

Answer 9

they worshipped them. cats were mummified and they were objects in their art.