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100	0		_aSaunders, Nicholas J
245		4	_aThe cult of the cat
300			_a96p.; illus.; bibliog.
336			_a text _b txt _2 rdacontent
337			_a unmediated _b n _2 rdamedia
338			_a volume _b nc _2 rdacarrier
490	0		_a(Art and imagination)
505	0		_a1 The cult of the cat:. -Under the spell of the cat. -Predators in the landscape. -Of humans and felines. -Hunters of the spiritual realm. -Symbols of royalty and power. -The cat in iconography and religion. -Fabulous, cat-like beasts. -Tamed but free. -"The sign of the cat". 2 Plates. 3 Themes: spirit of the jaguar; cat worship; power and the pelt; the royal foe; sphinxes and winged beasts; the lion of war; guardians and emblems; witchcraft; training and taming; the heraldic lion; astrology and superstition; cat characters; the cat as companion; skinned; the sign of the cat.
520	3		_a'Cats belong to a supernatural world of potency and prowess. They are survivors, the creatures most at home in their environment, the fastest and most successful predators on earth...Between the feline and the human worlds has developed a mysterious rapport expressed in magic, in folk belief, and in the continuing presence of countless millions of pet cats as the objects of everyday worship; with 130 illus., 16 in color.'
563			_aPaperback
650			_aAnimals--Symbolic aspects _2FAST
650			_aCats--Folklore _2FAST
650			_aCats--Mythology _2FAST
942			_cBOOKS _kS _mSau
999			_c52743 _d52743
264			_aLondon/New York _bThames and Hudson _cc1991