“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett, "The Unadulterated Cat"

Copper statue of the cat goddess Bastet.
Eighth to fourth centuries B.C.
Photograph by Mary Evans/Scala, Florence

How Egypt’s ancient city of divine cats was rediscovered
Clues from ancient texts guided European archaeologists in their long search for Bubastis, sacred to the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet.

Shinto Goddess Tama the Honourable Eternal Stationmaster

Tama the cat: 3,000 attend elaborate funeral for Japan’s feline stationmaster

Follow up to last posty, R.I.P. Tama the Stationmaster Cat

3000 mourners attended the Shinto-style funeral of Tama who has ascended to the status of a Shinto goddess and been awarded the title of Honourable Eternal Stationmaster of Kishi station.

Tama will be enshrined at a nearby shrine for cats in August, according to Mitsunobu Kojima, president of the Wakayama Electric Railway.