bestiarium: The Cat-Sìth [Celtic mythology; Scottish mythology; Irish mythology]Cait-Sh&igrav

bestiarium: The Cat-Sìth [Celtic mythology; Scottish mythology; Irish mythology]Cait-Shìth (the plural of Cat-Sìth) are creatures from Scottish and Irish mythology. These faeries resemble black cats with a white patch of fur on the chest. They walked upright on their hind legs, and are generally regarded as malicious creatures. The Cait-Shìth had the ability to steal a person’s soul by walking over the dead body before it was properly buried. However, if you left a bowl of milk outside your door during the Gaelic Samhain festival, the Cait-Shìth would magically bless the inhabitants of the house.Some stories claim that the Cat-Sìth isn’t actually a faery at all, but a witch with the ability to shape-shift into the form of a black cat 9 times in her life.  If such a witch changed into a cat for the ninth time, she would never again be able to change back into a human. (image source 1: Deviantart, the watermark is in the bottom right corner but the account no longer exists)(Image source 2: ‘More English Fairy Tales’ by Joseph Jacobs) -- source link

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