#catlore

[failsquirrel]

breed of cat that is able to glide like a flying squirrel. they tend to be small compared to the average cat with flat tails. they tend to mostly be ticked tabbies and fur on the underside is much lighter than the fur on top. traditionally, they live in tree houses

[the-curse-wizard]

Quick Question: What if a cat Wants to be cursed? Will you curse it then?

Just curious.

-definitely not @fattocatto-wizard

Obvious troll, cats are immune to curses. Because of Bast

[oiroegbu]

Black Cat

A random, curious black cat approached me a few days ago when I was exhausted from traveling and waiting for my host. It must have felt my tiredness. It stood for a while and eventually sat like a guard, waiting with me and watching my luggage until my host came. It was so calm that I could feel its calming aura. Folklore says that cats offer protection to those they think need it. What an honor!…

[sol-em-gemeos]

i need recommendations with books, graphic novels, manga and etc where cats are the main characters!!

please!! give me some recs!! (preferably for adults)

[peaceatthelakes]

taylor swift and her cats 🫶

[ryuuka-balaen]

I'd dug it up earlier to send to someone as it had been relevant in conversation recently, so may as well post it here too; a lil bit of CatLore(tm) for my main Warhammer Army; the Knights of Noble House Valere.

When I decided that it would be healthy for me to try to partake in physical hobbies more often rather than spending all my free time online and having almost exclusively online friendships, the first thing I went to try was Warhammer. I'd been trying to get into it for nearly a decade and I've always loved my funny little minis and models so it was the most obvious choice to me, especially being that I'd just been given a new 3d printer I could make terrain and models with. However, this came with a small issue; I didn't like the style of the models I already had as much as I used to. Which meant I needed to browse through which factions 40k had to choose from, and find something with an aesthetic I did enjoy.

What I found that i liked was the Imperial Knights and Grey Knights.

First, some official lore as Context;

Imperial Knights are huge mechs owned by influential families called Noble Houses. Before the founding of The Imperium of Man wherein the God-Emperor took the Golden Throne, the Noble Houses were some of the first humans to leave Terra and colonize the galaxy in an event referred to as The Long March. For the purpose of this colonization, they built huge agricultural mechs with chainsaws that could reave forests for lumber, explosives that could level mountains for construction, etc. Of course, these tools were repurposed into weapons of war. The mechs were equipped with armour that can withstand a nuke and autocannons that shoot shells wider than a man is tall. The planets colonized by these Noble Houses are referred to as Feudal Worlds. When the Age of Strife began and humanity lost a significant portion of the knowledge required to create and upkeep their most advanced technologies, contact between distant worlds was also lost. Many Feudal Worlds that were isolated from this regression have yet to be rediscovered by The Imperium.

Grey Knights are the God-Emperor's Special Boys who live on Saturn's moon Titan in a Grand Fortress-Monestary. unlike other chapters of space marines, there are only every 800 Grey Knights at any one time, and every single one of them is a psyker and has mad wizard powers. They also all wear ~Special Boy~ armour that's been sanctified and blessed with Mystical Rituals that makes them harder to kill than your average Space Marine. They exist only to fight invasions of the Daemon forces of Chaos, and will take any measure to do so. The whole thing is very edgy and they try very hard to be cool.

Unfortunately, the rules of warhammer40k don't normally allow one person to use models from two different factions in their army at the same time, and doing so is referred to as a "Soup Army" which is generally very frowned upon by the gaming community. Regardless, I happen to be and continue to be a fool of a kitty that likes my funny little Knights, and what I wanted to do was run an army that's made half and half of the two factions I like.

That begs the question though; Why would these two factions be fighting together? the Grey Knights are Daemon Hunters, and as such only fight against those corrupted by Chaos, and while the Noble Houses of the Feudal Worlds which have been rediscovered by The Imperium do fight alongside The Imperium, they don't do so Often or Consistently. (And, by game rules, while any imperium army is permitted to field either one large or up to three small Imperial Knights models, that isnt enough for me)

While I do like the Imperial Knights official lore, I'm pretty neutral on that of the Grey Knights (as much as I do like to make fun of them, the idea of an order of paladins that'll show up anywhere, anytime to lay the smackdown on some demons is pretty cool). So, my solution to that question was; What if they aren't Grey Knights? Any military that's fielding gigantic irreplaceable Death Mechs is also going to employ footsoldiers, aren't they?

The Knights I paint and play are of the Noble House Valere, one of the many to take part in The Long March and the many to still be isolated following the Age of Strife. The House, however, has not been idle in it's isolation. From the time contact was lost in the 25th millennium House Valere has continued to make technological progress, re-engineering the systems utilized in their great Knights to smaller and more compact forms, to create Exosuits in which even an untrained wearer could rival a Space Marine in combat. While this is surely impressive, the real feat of innovation achieved by Valere's researchers is undoubtedly their progress in harnessing The Warp. Normally only Psykers would be able to utilize the reality-bending power of The Warp, however the continued study and research between the 25th to the 41st millennium has seen these researchers engineer methods for machines to make use of The Warp, and integrating this into the Exosuits of House Valere's Knights allows every one of their footsoldiers to wield the power of a Psyker.

The current Standing Army of House Valere, which is to say the models I currently have (though many are currently unpainted), numbers at six Knight Mechs, one Armoured Troop Transport, and seventeen Exosuit Soldiers.

In Game Terms that's;

one Knight Preceptor, two Armiger Helverins, and two Armiger Warglaives for 1,000points of Imperial Knights,

one Nemesis DreadKnight, one Brother-Captain, one Brotherhood Champion, one Razorback, five Terminators, five Grey Knights, and five Purifiers for 1,000points of Grey Knights,

which all together makes a happy Tournament-Standard sized army roster of 2,000points.

House Valere's age of peace is not to last much longer, as the universe permits none to escape it's wrath and there are a great many who, whether for Tech-Heresy, claims of territory, or simply Hunger, would see The House's citizens dead.

As a footnote; I do want to clarify that when i wrote this i felt like an absolute madwoman and it seemed very Chuuni / "9th-grader's Overpowered Self-Insert OC" but fuck it cringe is dead, I'm having fun, and others have said its neat so im keeping it.

[straycats-tavern]

𝙂𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙎 𝙂𝙊𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙄𝙏𝙀𝙎!

This is Stray here! Gotham's personal painter and for quite a while now. AND YET Gotham is STILL lacking color what up with that!?!? Anyway, it's time to change that shall we >:3c

idk how these work tbh I'll probably edit to be aesthetically pleasing later but anyway!

-I am an adult

-I like cats <3

-I like to paint and do art

-Number#1 Joker hater and that 4-eyed barista from that random ass cafe

That is all, STRAY OUT!!

[ ! 𝙾𝙾𝙲 𝙼𝙴𝚂𝚂𝙰𝙶𝙴 𝙱𝙴𝙻𝙾𝚆 !]

Peekaboo! Hi I'm XP the admin of this blog! I may warn you that my knowledge in DC are limited mostly on Tumblr, reddit, and shows so I decided to blend them for my silly lil au n oc!

Here's a small info about Stray: They are one of Gotham's menace and are somewhat considered a part of Gotham's rouge gallery although he is harmless. His crimes mostly are vandalism, stealing valuables and money for a good cause, or a shortage of art supplies, lastly accidental arson.

Here are the Navigations and Notes ^^!

Also I forgot to mention that; he has a magical backpack/fanny thing that has unlimited storage, so now you know how he kept every single of his art supplies n stuff lmam

You are free to ask or interact my silly I don't mind at all

[OOC: text] / [ text ] = means OOC messages/text, even in tags btw!!

Reference Sheets [N/A]

#StrayVandalism / #SillyPics - Art Stuffs

#StrayShenanigans / #CatLore - Text stuff

#StrayReblog - Reblogs lmao

Other blogs:

mainblog: @xandyprojects

DC rp #2: [Comming soon]

anyways bai bai I hope you have a good morning/noon/night ^^

[nesfant]

As seguintes reservas expiram no dia 28/01/2023, às 22h30min:

Casey Deidrick para @cinderellc

Ana de Armas + Lasombra para @cinderellc

Zoey Deutch para @razzledits

Cilian Murphy + Giovanni para @razzledits

Lily Collins + Ventrue para @maidavikah

Jasmin Savoy + Brujah para @maddenhatter

Ben Barnes + Tzimisce para @hvntathalar

Zendaya + Giovanni para @tvrmenta

Ten (NCT/WAYV) + Malkavian para @shnwei

Anya Taylor Joy + Toreador para @oneircs

Madelyn Cline + Toreador para @ofsmalldeath

Madelaine Petsch + Ventrue para @legaciesmavis

Jennie Kim + Assamitas para @ikzume

Jacob Elordi para @tvrmenta

Davika Hoorne + Toreador para @piperbellinger

Josephine Langford + Tremere para @greencruz

Tom Sturridge + Ventrue para @9741ko

Joe Keery + Brujah para @rcktqween

Aaron Johnson + Giovanni para @neutronstcr

Calahan Skogman + Lasombra para @mooniestar

Fabien Frankel + Ravnos para @mstrcx

Victoria Pedretti para @ellieswilliam

Aslihan Malbora + Ravnos para @ofobsession

Assamitas para @sleepinbeavty

Nakamoto Yuta + Assamitas para @hannahbellinger

Bensu Soral + Malkavian para @depressiveloner

Alba Baptista + Gangrel para @anfwtrite

Seola + Tzimisce para @genieforu

Sofia Carson + Tremere para @amalbcra

Lasombra para @irullan

Bruna Marquezine para @nessieplays

Leo Sutter + Gangrel para ​@catlores

Jenna Ortega para @hannahbellinger 

Tremere para @hughesmaddox

Pedro Pascal + Brujah para @victur

Robert Pattinson + Nosferatu para @pharao

[niftybucklesblog]

Vampire Cats, Transylvanian Folklore

Did you know that cats have long held a mysterious allure in folklore and mythology around the world? In Transylvanian Catlore, there's a spooky belief that if a cat jumps over a corpse, it becomes a bloodthirsty vampire. This ancient myth adds to the mystery of cats, suggesting they have powers beyond our understanding.

Meanwhile, the folklore of Bulgaria offers a similarly fascinating tale. People born on a Saturday are said to have a unique ability to see invisible vampires. This uncanny gift extends to glimpsing the elusive vampire cats and the legendary Werecats that roam the night. These enchanting and often eerie beliefs foster a sense of wonder and curiosity about the supernatural abilities attributed to our feline friends.

Cats are often seen as mysterious creatures, regarded as guardians of a hidden world beyond human understanding. This Caturday, celebrate your love for cats by looking for signs of these nocturnal creatures and reflecting on the mystical tales about them. Regardless of your belief in old legends, they undeniably enhance our understanding of cats and their nighttime behavior. 🌕🐾

Source and Reference:

Bunson, Vampire Encyclopedia, 1993.

[failsquirrel]

cats bred to resemble foxes. the high rufousing in abyssinians was added to mink (as well as colorpoint and sepia) and refined to resemble a fox's coat. the foxlike look of oriental longhairs were added in as well, and over many years the breed grew to look very close to a fox with long muzzles, large size and bushy tails.

[sol-em-gemeos]

why does a cat in folk tales has different quantity of lives in different countries? there’s a reason in numerology?

[patricia-ariel]

"Catlore and Other Superstitions", coming up soon at @the_inverarity_gallery, is the first show I will be participating under the "House of Mirrors" name. Here's a peak of my contribution for this show, "Deva", inspired on the relationship of the Feminine with the symbolism of the cat. Graphite and ink and paper. . . #patriciaarielart #houseofmirrorsstudio #creatingwithspirit #illustration #drawing #artoninstagram #inkdrawing #graphitedrawing #catlore #catmagic #catart #bastet #sacredfeminine #cats #catgoddess #moon #paganart #paganism https://www.instagram.com/p/CF0V0xxjRz-/?igshid=wufjhbd3qfa4

[hedgewitchgarden]

In the earliest feline images found on cave walls and carved out of stone, wildcats are companions and guardians to the Great Goddess -- often flanking a mother goddess figure in the act of giving birth. Such imagery has been found in ancient sites across Europe, Africa, India and the Middle East. In China the lion, Shih, is one of the four principal animal protectors -- associated with rain, guardian of the dead and their living descendants.

[harley-the-pancake]

We’ve all been so blinded by sheep in mc that we didn’t see his true catlors shining through

FUCK YEAHHHHHHH BITING BITING BITING BITING BITING BITING

[catloreva]

Work in progress, almost there. The original is much more clear and crisp.