Some folklorists trace the origin of the belief of cats having nine lives to this superstition. But after the night time, the witches would remain a cat for the rest of their lives. On Samhain, it was believed that a Cat Sìth would bless any house that left a saucer of milk out for it to drink, but those houses that did not would be cursed, their cows milk would run dry.Īnother belief was that Cat Sìth was really a witch that could transform voluntarily into cat form and back nine times. In addition, no fires would be lit where the body lay, as the Cat Sìth would be attracted to the warmth. Methods of "distraction" such as games of leaping and wrestling, catnip, riddles, and music would be employed to keep the Cat Sìth away from the room in which the corpse lay. To prevent this, watches called the Feill Fadalach (Late Wake) were performed night and day to keep the Cat Sìth away from a corpse before burial. It was believed that the Cat Sìth could steal a person's soul before it was claimed by the gods by passing over a corpse before burial.
The Scottish Highlands are said to be haunted by this entity, a large black cat with a white spot on its chest.
The Cat Sìth is one such spectral creature from Celtic mythology. Scottish folklore is imbued with beliefs in the supernatural entities taking the form of the cat. The folklore surrounding black cats varies from culture to culture, with black cats being reckoned either as harbingers of good fortune or conversely, of bad tidings. Martin, this tartan was inspired by the yellow-green eyes and shiny fur of her black cat.
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