#cat mummies

[thepastisalreadywritten]

[detroitlib]

From our stacks: Cover detail from Cat Mummies by Kelly Trumble. Illustrated by Laszlo Kubinyi. New York : Clarion Books, c1996.

[qhazomb]

went back to my fan digimon arts and decided to finally give them some proper shading (and also fix mummysmilodomon's left knee.)

i also tweaked the colours a tiny bit on sekhetmon- changed the spikes on her belt and armbands to the same red as her claws, the silver spikes didn't really mesh with the rest of her colourpalette.

and as before, some info about them all (also as before, no baby I stage, as i imagine gatakimon just digivolves from one of the botamons):

Baby II- Gatakimon Baby cats. That’s it, that’s literally it.

Child- Shuredimon Schrodinger’s Cat, but taking the “the cat is both alive and dead” part more literally. Undead things can be described as both living and dead, so. Not at all an original idea, but a funny (punny) one.

Adult- Smilodomon The bakeneko is a Japanese yokai that looks like a giant monstrous cat. Smilodon is an extinct cat that was big in size, especially in regards to its famous fangs. And thus, saber-toothed bakeneko. That punches things.

Perfect- Mummysmilodomon Another feline yokai is the nekomata, which a bakeneko can become if its tail splits in two. In addition to the extra tail, they also gain the power of necromancy, and steal corpses to use as puppets. How lovely. Speaking of corpses, ancient Egyptians were really fond of giving their cats fancy burials, mummifying and entombing them with care and respect. Cats were associated with the gods, after all.

Ultimate- Sekhetmon The lioness-headed Sekhmet was one of ancient Egypt’s cat-like gods, and a particularly vicious one at that, having such lovely titles as “mistress of dread,” “lady of slaughter,” and “she who mauls.” Her favorite colour is blood. She was often depicted dressed in bright red because of her gory associations. Sekhmet could also breathe fire, and control of fire is a power nekomata have too, coincidentally. She was nicer to the dead than nekomata are, though, acting as a protector for the recently deceased as they entered the afterlife. (Bonus fact: Shuredimon, Smilodomon, and Mummysmilodomon are all wearing red in reference to Sekhmet, too, though their red clothing/accessories aren’t as vibrant in colour. They don’t get the fresh blood red until they reach the fully realized Sekhetmon form.)

[thewightknight]

Dozens of cat mummies found in 6,000-year-old tombs in Egypt

An ancient unopened tomb and rare mummified scarab beetles were also unearthed at the site south of Cairo

Dozens of cat mummies and a rare collection of mummified scarab beetles have been discovered in seven sarcophagi, some dating back more than 6,000 years, at a site on the edge of the pyramid complex in Saqqara, south of Cairo.

Antiquities minister Khaled el-Enany said the discovery was made by an Egyptian archaeological mission during excavation work started in April.

Three of the tombs had been used for cats, he said, while one of four other sarcophagi discovered at the site was unopened.

[whitedogblog]

Egyptian cat mummy at the British Museum

[transylvaniateaparty]

Rydiger loves all treats <3

[natacha-peaster]

Cat mummies

I had fun on the theme « cat mummy » from the daily spitpaint group. But I finished it in 1h, not 30 minutes.

[tapacamino]

*swipes right for bizzare museum date where i point out cats outside the museum*

I can point out cats *inside* the museum. 😎👉👉