Mythological cats

right|thumb|220px|The of the Sasakibara Family () from the Buson Yōkai Emaki by [[Yosa Buson. It depicts a cat in Nagoya that would wear a napkin on its head and dance. Unlike which have two tails, the bakeneko has only one tail.]] The '''''' (, "changed cat") is a type of Japanese , or supernatural entity; more specifically, it is a , or supernatural cat. It is often confused with the , another cat-like . The distinction between them is often ambiguous, but the largest difference is that the has two tails, while the has only one.

thumb|"" from the Hyakkai Zukan by [[Sawaki Suushi]]

huge cat in Icelandic folklore

thumb|right|250px|Birth of Heracles by [[Jean Jacques Francois Le Barbier.]]

ghost of a cat purported to haunt Washington, D.C

British folk tale