No this isn't a Carmen themed picture, although it looks so much like Carmen. It isn't her. Supposed to a rebellious and misunderstood black cat, that everyone has always associated with superstition. Poor kitties.
It's been said that in history people have killed or the people who ever have kept a black cat in the middle ages were severely punished or even killed. The bible thumpers back then believed that black cats were the companions or a familiars to witches. They also believed black cats were demons or apart of sorcery. Once again... poor kitties. They couldn't help that they were born with black fur coats. Anyways.
That was on the more negative superstition of black cats. Black cats were also believed to bring good luck in other cultures too. From Wikipedia! "The view of black cats being favorable creatures is attributed specifically to the Egyptian goddess Bast (or Bastet), the cat goddess. Egyptian households believed they could gain favor from Bastet by hosting black cats in their household. This view was held in the early 17th Century by the English monarch Charles I. Upon the death of his treasured pet black cat, he is said to have lamented that his luck was gone. True to his claim, he was arrested the very next day and charged with high treason."
Pirates in the 19th century had all kinds of luck for the innocent black feline. Like if the black cat walked towards them, the person will have bad luck, and if the black cat walked away from the person, they would have good luck.
Oh people and their silly superstition.
Black kitties are just normal kitties that are born with black fur. Just a genetic thing. ANYWAYS. Art time.
and then an animation of how the coloring process.
