The archetypal cat

Dale-Green, Patricia

The archetypal cat - Dallas, TX Spring Publications c1963 - xvi, 189p.; illus.; bibliog.; index

Reprint; orig. pub. under the title Cult of the cat by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, and The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1963.

Part 1 The white cat. The deity. The sun. The moon. The immortal. The seer. The healer. The hunter. The mother. The seed. The virgin. The talisman. The charm. The musician. The servant. The sacrifice. Part 2 The black cat. The circle. The devourer. The witch. The familiar. The devil. The demon. The vampire. The bewitcher. The traitor. The trickster. The fighter. The victim. Part 3 The medium. The bridge. The psychopomp. Part 4 The symbol. When did cats receive their power?. What have people believed about cats?. Why have they believed these things?. How does the cat-archetype operate in us?. Man and the cat

'...she draws from folklore and fairytale, myth, dream, and history to amplify the archetype of the cat and help grasp its specific function in dreams. An irreplaceable source of insight and information....'

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Animals--Symbolic aspects
Cats--Folklore
Cats--Mythology

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