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Febroary day 10 Iriomote Cat What is Febroary? Febroary is an art challenge where the goal is to draw wild cats, big and small, every day for the duration of the month February. Both as a fun exercise and to draw awareness to these beautiful animals. Did you know? That the Iriomote cat lives exclusively on the Japanese island of Iriomote. If you enjoy my work consider leaving a like or a comment it means a lot!

[vyskala]

UndyingTales day 1. Iriomote cat.

Japanese folklore is populated with Yōkai, supernatural spirits or creatures, and references to spirit felines in writing can be found in some early literature in the 1100’s. The spirit nature of cats is evident in their characteristics, behavior, and traits that they possess. They slink through the night, and caterwaul with sometimes human-like sounds. Their eyes glint and dilate rapidly to let them see in the dark. They pad silently on wood or dirt, slipping silent and ghostlike through their surroundings until without warning, they pounce on unsuspecting prey with claw and fang.

Nekomata are mysterious feline spirit beasts that dwell in the mountains. They slip along the hidden paths, and hide in the craggy peaks. Perhaps if a wanderer finds oneself alone on a mountain path and a youth or young maid steps out to hail traveler, beware that it might be a shape-changed nekomata. Since the Edo period there have been beliefs that ancient nekomata were once housecats, who as they became aged, ran away from their human homes to become feral and powerful spirit creatures.

[sei5517]

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