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The Strange Origins of Popular Superstitions

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The Legend of Bastete in Greek Mythology

Black associated with death. Is a story in greek mythology about galentheus. Galentheus was this red and gold haired servant of alcm ne. Until nightfall, bastete would then fully transform into a cat. Black cats were claimed to be shape shifters. Thousands of years later, the black cat associated with witches. And hecate's black cat was the minion of a witch god.

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