During the middle-ages in Europethe black cat’s popularity crashed big time because they were associated with witches, black magic and bad luck.
The hysteria of witches and black magic had Europe in a frenzy and any old lady feeding stray cats were often accused of witchcraft.
Their cat companions, some of which were black ones were guilty of black magic simply by association.
People really believed that witches transformed themselves into black cats in order to move about unnoticed.
Even today the association between black cats, witches and Halloween have become a symbol of evil, Satanism and all things bad.
Well, we love our black cats, here they are, The Pagan Kitchen Black Cats:
Black cats were originally considered to be good luck by the Egyptians.
In fact, they were revered.
There once was a time (besides currently in the Pagan Kitchen), black cats were actually considered divine creatures. ... Egyptians had so much love and respect for their feline family members that they were even embalmed and mummified when they passed on to kitty heaven.
