The reason for the worship of cats in ancient Egypt

I suggest you go to see Return of the Mummy 2, which has a clip about the status of cats.

This is bai because the ancient Egyptians regarded the cat as the embodiment of the god, and they believed that the cat's eye zhi

It can shine in the dark DAO because of the cat's eye version.

Can store and dispel the power of darkness.

The sunshine of the ghosts.

In ancient Egyptian mythology, the sun god was sometimes incarnated as a brown cat, although it was commonly seen in the form of an eagle-headed human body. The sun god, who had taken the form of a cat, once fought the serpent Apophis in the sacred grove of fig trees in Heliopolis, eventually beheading him. This war symbolizes the triumph of cosmic order over disorder.

In addition, the moon goddess Best also appears in the form of a cat-headed human body or a fully cat-like form. When she is shown as a cat-headed human body, she often holds a musical instrument in her right hand, a bag in her left arm, and a kitten, and is the goddess of joy.

Cats in ancient Egypt were sacred beasts, and since legend has it that at night, the sun was born.

The light of life emitted by Bai Du is hidden in the cat's eye for safekeeping. Every night the sun god rides the dao

The boat is accompanied by the ghost of the deceased, passing through the underworld, and the viper apep prevents the sun god from drinking the water under the boat, but the cat will appear and cut off the head of the apep, and the ghost of the deceased will make a "meow" sound to cheer for the cat. The Egyptians were able to see the light of day again, and in this legend, the cat symbolized the savior, and the snake represented death and disease The ancient Egyptians worshipped cats so much that anyone who hurt them could be sentenced to death. The Egyptians pampered cats, revered them as gods, and regarded cats as sacred spirits.

In the minds of the Egyptians, the cat is the symbol of the goddess on earth, the mascot of luck, and the revered national animal. The ancient Egyptians were very afraid of the night, and they believed that cats could see things in the night. The ancient Egyptians called cats "mau", which means "to see".

The relationship between the opening and closing of the pupils of the cat and the sun and the moon. Death is considered to be the ultimate darkness. Therefore, cats are believed to have the strength to conquer death.

Every year, the Nile floods destroy crops, but the sun brings abundant grain growth. The power of the sun and the worship of the sun god became to the cat.

Cats are their god of happiness, pharaoh heads are covered in cat metal, and cats are mummies.

There are 5 subspecies of cats from top to bottom: European wildcat, African wildcat, South African wildcat, Central Asian wildcat and Chinese wildcat. As early as 5,000 years ago, fossilized cat bones were unearthed in the ruins of Quanhu Village, which shows that there was already domestication at that time.

Ancient Egypt can only say that it attaches more importance to cat culture, and the cat god Best is a bronze cat image statue, and a large number of mural reliefs have cats.

But this kind of domestication of cats to deal with mice, it can't be said that only ancient Egypt had domestic cats, and domestic cats will also be wild, the key is that someone must domesticate them, otherwise it will not be enough to scatter the local cats all over the world.

I can only say that the earliest origin of domestic cats has something to do with human domestication, but the literature that can be seen now is either undocumented or incomplete, but it is impossible to originate from one place and spread all over the world, not wild animals, even if wild animals are migratory, there are impassable places such as oceans and deserts.

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Egypt? Ancient pyramids, Egyptian paintings, or sphinxes? Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind is cats. The cat is a special existence for the Egyptians, and occupies a very special place in the hearts of the Egyptians.