Jo-Anne Blanco
The King o’ the Cats
The British folktale ‘The King o' Cats’ contains a prototype of a Cat-Sìth. In the story, a sexton’s wife and her black cat, Old Tom, are...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- May 25
- 1 min
Seanchán the Bard and Irusan, the King of Cats
One of the more famous Irish tales involving cats is the story of Seanchán Toirpéist, Ireland’s chief bard, and Irusan, the King of Cats....
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- May 18
- 2 min
The Island of the Cat
In The Voyage of Máel Dúin, a tale of an epic sea voyage written in Old Irish ca. 1000 A.D., the hero and his crew alight on an island...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- May 5
- 2 min
Morgan le Fay and the Cat
Cath Palug or Kapalu, the giant cat that began its legendary life in early Welsh texts, became, eventually, a friend and ally of Morgan...
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Jo-Anne Blanco
- Mar 30
- 2 min
Cats in Celtic and Arthurian Legend
How much do we adore our feline friends? I couldn’t be without our two beloved rescue cats who have been with us now for almost two and a...
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