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猫妖精

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猫妖精苏格兰盖尔语Cat Sith,或作Cait Sith)是一种苏格兰爱尔兰传说中的形生物。其名字中的“Sith”在苏格兰盖尔语中意指妖精。猫妖精形象多为猫,胸前有一大片毛。牠擅长人类语言,以双足走路,穿上长,衣着华丽,头顶皇冠,穿梭于城市之间,更经常出没于苏格兰的高地之上。牠能操多国语言,拥有高等教育水准。当地传说中除了猫妖精外,还有狗妖精(Cu Sìth)。

传说内容

据说猫妖精其实是猫群之中的王者。

传说有一天,一个农民在满月之夜回家途中,在村子边界看见群猫集合在桥上。在好奇 的驱使之下,农民上前窥伺,却看见群猫正在进行葬礼仪式,而且全都能作人言,当时牠们在说类似“猫国国王陛下死了”的话后,不久就全部逃去。农民怀着惊讶的心情回到家中,翌日他家中的妻子对他说,当天他们家中那头正睡在暖炉上的爱猫,忽然飞起大叫:“什么?我是下一任的国王!”然后就飞出烟囱,再没有回来了。

传说来源

英国神秘生物学者卡尔·舒克(Karl Shuker)提出,猫妖精的传说原型,其实是来自苏格兰特有的一种黑色野猫“凯拉斯猫”(Kellas Cat)。这种猫的出现,大概是由欧洲野猫与苏格兰本土猫杂交所得,体型较大,如野猫一般毛发呈黑色,但又具备一些本土猫的特质,而牠们可能已经存在于苏格兰多个世纪,甚至被指已有两千年之久。这种奇妙的猫种,大约就是猫妖精传奇的最初典源[1]。另外,亦有民俗学者提出,猫妖精实际上并不是妖精,而是巫师

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参考文献

  1. ^ 卡尔:《Mystery Cats of the World》伦敦:Robert Hale(1989)ISBN 0-7090-3706-6

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