Dublin Core
Title
Cat
Identifier
94
Symbol Item Type Metadata
Symbol name
Cat
Symbol Description
Cat symbolism is highly ambiguous and profuse. They are associated with agility, sensuality, domestic bliss, playfulness, independence and "feminine" malice. They were very important as mousers in the Middle Ages. Many saints are associated with cats, like St. Agatha, and St. Yves, but in the 16th century they also were linked with witches.
Sources
Hope B. Werness, The Continuum encyclopedia of animal symbolism in art, p. 75