Black Cats

Black cats have been both worshiped and vilified for centuries, due to their association, right or wrong, with witchcraft. Their fans are almost legion today, compared to some other colors or color patterns of cats, but their popularity probably has nothing to do with folklore, but simply with their stunning beauty.

Depending on one's area of the world (and the century one lived in), black cats portend either good or bad luck. Did you know that in Asia and the U.K. a black cat is considered lucky? Or that finding a white hair on an otherwise black cat is considered good luck?

Learn more and perhaps enjoy a few chuckles over the complicated folklore surrounding black cats. Pictured here is Cosmo, who must be a very lucky cat. He has one white whisker which falls out then reappears in a different location.