Die orientalische Katze

Annemarie Schimmel, internationally renowned Orientalist, born in 1922, taught at Harvard University and has published numerous works on Islamic culture and history. A great expert on Islam and Sufism, she has provided in this pocket-sized book a rich overview of the spiritual significance of the cat in the mythologies and legends of the Orient, extending to the Far East. In this survey, the cat appears in both the Near East and the Far East largely as a divine being that serves mankind. An interesting study on the margins of the grand works of cultural history. This book is an engaging and certainly worthwhile collection of anecdotes, sayings, statements, and stories on the theme of the cat.