black cats Archives - Cathrin Hagey https://www.cathrinhagey.com/tag/black-cats/ Author and Blogger Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:43:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 67173325 Cats in Fairy Tales https://www.cathrinhagey.com/cats-in-fairy-tales/ Fri, 10 Apr 2020 18:07:12 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=4730 During the European witch hunts and trials thousands of cats were put to death, accused as they were alongside their human “familiars.” The legacy of this tragic era is still with us, even though we tend to jest about Halloween cats and the old superstitions. But this negative view of cats contradicts their actual role […]

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