{"id":423,"date":"2019-11-29T18:49:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T01:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/?p=423"},"modified":"2019-12-08T11:33:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T18:33:28","slug":"423-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/423-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat S\u00ecth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-428\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/files\/2019\/11\/Cait-Sidhe-by-SMEngel-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/files\/2019\/11\/Cait-Sidhe-by-SMEngel-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/files\/2019\/11\/Cait-Sidhe-by-SMEngel-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/files\/2019\/11\/Cait-Sidhe-by-SMEngel.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><u>Cat S\u00ecth<\/u> [Ket-Shee]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Type of Creature: S\u00ecdhe (Fairy)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Celtic (Scottish, Irish)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alternate Names<\/strong>: Cat S\u00ecdhe, Ca\u00ect S\u00ecdhe, Ca\u00ect S\u00ecth<\/li>\n<li><strong>Associated Traditions<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>-Samhain [Sa-win]: If one sets a bowl of milk outside their house during the festival, a Cat S\u00ecth would bless the house. If not, the S\u00ecdhe may curse the house.<\/p>\n<p>-Taghairm: A divination ceremony involving the burning of the bodies of cats, where a demonic Cat S\u00ecth named \u201cBig Ears\u201d would grant wishes to the practitioners.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fictional Depictions<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe King of Cats\u201d-Various<\/p>\n<p><em>Le Roman de Merlin<\/em>-Robert de Boron<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Demon Cat\u201d-William Butler Yeats<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Associated Creatures<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>C\u00f9-s\u00ecth (Fairy Dog)<\/p>\n<p>Pooka (Shapeshifter)<\/p>\n<p>Cath Palug (Welsh Monster Cat)<\/p>\n<p>Generally said to have been inspired by the Kellas cat of Scotland, this S\u00ecdhe creature is described as having black fur with a white spot on its chest. It is also supposedly the size of a large dog. The Cat S\u00ecth is a powerful trickster, and largely untrustworthy. Avoid making deals with them, as loopholes will be abused. Some believe them to be witches that can transform into the feline form nine times. They are also believed to steal a corpse\u2019s soul before they pass on. They can be found on battlefields after the fighting concludes taking the souls of the dead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As I drunken walked down through the night,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I stumbled by a frightful sight<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A big black beast of the Celts you see<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Was sitting there in front of me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He asked me what I wished for,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If my soul to he I swore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He would grant me it<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I paused and swayed like a ship at sea<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As he grinned in filthy glee<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I thought about my heart\u2019s desire<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Of what I\u2019ve always wanted prior<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But in my stupor, I could not think<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After I had so much to drink<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And so I asked for another pour<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cat_s\u00ecth\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cat_s\u00ecth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":69377,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4409060],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-public-bestiary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69377"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions\/543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rmst221b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}