Cat Sìth
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The ' (, plural ), in Irish ' (), is a fairy creature from Celtic mythology, said to resemble a large black cat with a white spot on its chest that walks on its hind legs. Legend has it that the spectral cat haunts the Scottish Highlands. The legends surrounding this creature are more common in Scottish folklore, but a few occur in Irish. Some common folklore suggested that the was not a fairy, but a witch that could transform into a cat nine times.
Key facts
- Mythical creature.AKA
- Cat-sidhe, Fairy Cat
- Mythical creature.image
- Page 158 illustration in More English Fairy Tales.png
- Mythical creature.image_size
- 200px
- Mythical creature.caption
- An Illustration from More English Fairy Tales from the story "The King of the Cats".
- Mythical creature.Folklore
- Scottish, Irish
- Mythical creature.Grouping
- Legendary creature
- Mythical creature.Sub_Grouping
- Fairy, witch
- Mythical creature.Country
- Scotland
- Mythical creature.Region
- Scottish Highlands
- Mythical creature.Similar_entities
- Phantom cat
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Page 158 illustration in More English Fairy Tales.png
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7 sectionsContents
- Appearance
- The King of the Cats
- Rituals
- Witches
- Summoning
- See also
- References
The ' (, plural ), in Irish ' (), is a fairy creature from Celtic mythology, said to resemble a large black cat with a white spot on its chest that walks on its hind legs. Legend has it that the spectral cat haunts the Scottish Highlands. The legends surrounding this creature are more common in Scottish folklore, but a few occur in Irish. Some common folklore suggested that the was not a fairy, but a witch that could transform into a cat nine times.
The may have been inspired by the Scottish wildcat itself. Furthermore, it is also possible that the legends of the were inspired by Kellas cats, which are a distinctive hybrid between Scottish wildcats and domestic cats found only in Scotland (the Scottish wildcat is a population of the European wildcat, which is now absent from elsewhere in the British Isles).