Witchcraft is the origin of the long held belief in many countries and cultures that black cats bring bad luck if they cross your path. Confusingly the opposite belief – that they bring good luck – is also a superstition … Continue reading →
This is the country where they still fervently believe in witchcraft. It is a country where supersition can play a big role in their lives when the circumstances call for it. And I am not making this up. You can … Continue reading →
The Wobo mystery cat is also referred to as the ‘Mendelit’ (Cat World by Dr Desmond Morris) and ‘Rnendelit’ (by Sarah Hartwell, website messybeast.com). Apparently local people in remote parts of Ethiopia, Africa, would recount stories to Victorian explorers of … Continue reading →
The first couple of minutes of the video gives us a glimpse of the superstition even in high places in Kenyan regarding cats and particularly black cats. Millie Odhiambo, a Kenyan MP, asked the chair that the debating chamber be … Continue reading →
It is time to pardon all witches and in so doing rehabilitate all the cats who lived with “witches”. Pardoning witches is not a new idea. For example. in 2004, in Scotland, Dr Gordon Prestoungrange exercised his legal authority, under … Continue reading →
Here six cat superstitions and death: Cats prey on corpses. A dying cat will attract death to a house. If there is a corpse indoors, a cat will desert the house. If a sick person sees two cats fighting he … Continue reading →
“Cat has nine lives” refers, as we all know, to the resilience and toughness of the domestic and feral cat. It indicates that they have more than one life such is their ability to survive. The reason why nine was … Continue reading →
I’ll make a provocative statement and say there is more superstition in Africa than there is in the West and it is one factor that is holding Africa back in its development from being a third world country (developing and … Continue reading →
