Black Cat – Between Superstition and Fascination with Occult Coincidence

Many people, even if they are cat lovers or not, be wary of black cats (and run “ritual” three steps back), even if they recognize that black cats are a special appearance and are still cats. Throughout time, in some regions of the world has been prevalent idea that a black cat brings bad luck; interesting is that in the other, a black cat appeared on the way a person is considered a good sign. Even if a mere superstition, and it has its origins and its story.Some superstitions about black cats is related to the fact that they were associated with witches and black magic. Also black is the color of the night and things considered evil, in Christian tradition is the color black is worn at funeral ceremonies, so the appearance of a black cat in one’s path is not considered to be a good sign. On the other hand, the color black is elegant, sophisticated and mysterious … Everything depends on the different cultures existing in the world and how much a person believes or not superstition.

Interesting facts about black peak

• King Charles I had a black cat on the belief that bears his luck, so vigorously that cat was guarded day and night. Coincidence or not, the day after a cat died, King was arrested and sentenced to death.

• At the beginning of the millennium it was believed that black cats keep fishermen go to sea by storms or other unforeseen Event, wives so many fishermen around the house kept a black cat. The Black Cats were so desired, that were often stolen.

• Bearing animals are considered lucky because it says that a cat has nine lives, and the number 9 is considered a figure that brings prosperity and luck.

• Also at the beginning of the millennium, hair black cat was used by girls or women who received a marriage proposal and did not know what to answer, they took three hairs from a black cat and they let them fall into the doorstep, according The letter that was made by three wires (N – No Y-yes) they gave a positive or negative response.

• The Black Cats have become a symbol of the celebration of Halloween because it was believed that the souls of the dead return to earth in the form of animal, and a black cat seemed the most plausible alternative.

• In 1233 Pope Gregory IX declared black cats as a sign of the Devil (!!!) and exterminate a large portion of them, then banned their growth – this has led to the growth of rats and mice and played a major role in causing major epidemics of plague.

• The Celts believed that cats are dead and Reincarnation persoanleor that if killing a cat, even accidentally, brought their misfortune upon them a very high also, if inadvertently a cat tail heel was going to have bad luck.

• In 1718 William Montgomery said that he heard every night in front of a lot of black cats-speaking people, a few nights after he killed two of them and wounded a third of a serious nature, the next morning two women aged from village was found dead and the third had no traces of violence on the body to explain where and had emerged.