"We used to think...when I was an unsifted girl...that words were weak and cheap. Now I don't know of anything so mighty." -Emily Dickinson
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
A bit of (understandable?) heresy...
"Is there such a word as feliogony, the belief that God is a cat?" -From Nancy Willard's novel, Sister Water, a book my friend Vogel recommended to me.
Felistheism is the word you seek, the ancient Egyptians worshipped a cat deity called Bast who from all reports still roams the astral planes protecting the innocent, hunting and destroying those who are evil. If you believe only one cat is God that would be mono-moggy-theism perhaps.
Awww, he is so cute. And Mike agrees with me!
ReplyDeleteFelistheism is the word you seek, the ancient Egyptians worshipped a cat deity called Bast who from all reports still roams the astral planes protecting the innocent, hunting and destroying those who are evil.
ReplyDeleteIf you believe only one cat is God that would be mono-moggy-theism perhaps.