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This blog is written and maintained by Miss Cuddlywumps, a fluffy-tailed calico cat who is both classically educated and familiar with mysteries. She receives creative input from the Real Cats and clerical assistance from She of Little Talent (old SoLT, a.k.a. Roby Sweet). Comments or complaints should be addressed to Miss C rather than to old SoLt (Ms. Sweet). Ms. Sweet accepts no responsibility for Miss C's opinions.

Saturday, August 19, 2017

Caturday Art: Webster Eats the Sun

For this week's Caturday Art, we chose to provide a cultural and educational message in our art. It is about the coming eclipse, or any eclipse really, as you can see:

Real Cat Webster Eats the Sun--eclipse 2017

Earlier this week, old SoLT learned that some people who lived in the Andes region of South America had a totally different name for the constellation we know as Gemini, or the Twins. They called it Puma Yunta, or Two Pumas. They said that sometimes, one of these pumas would jump up and try to eat the sun (many cultures explained solar eclipses by saying an animal was eating the sun). So we thought it would be fun to have Real Cat Webster play the puma in our illustration.

The "constellation" we made is not meant to illustrate the actual Puma Yunta. We just thought it would be fun to put some stars on Webster.

The source for the Puma Yunta story is Art, Nature, and Religion in the Central Andes, by Mary Strong.

We're pleased to be joining the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by Athena and Marie!


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11 comments:

  1. Athena Cat Goddess Wise KittyAugust 19, 2017 at 7:10 AM

    Interesting! We never knew that :)

    Great art!

    Purrs xx
    Athena and Marie

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  2. pilch92August 19, 2017 at 9:19 AM

    very cool and educational art.

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  3. busterggiAugust 19, 2017 at 9:22 AM

    Cats would never eat the sun, they'd just slap it around until it rolled under the refrigerator.

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  4. Peachy, Stippie, Angel Binky and GrannyAugust 19, 2017 at 1:31 PM

    That's some interesting news, never saw a Puma gets so close to the sun...MOL :D Pawkisses for a wonderful Caturday :) <3

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  5. Cat and DOG Chat With CarenAugust 19, 2017 at 4:59 PM

    I LOVED this Puma story! I had never heard that but I just LOVE IT!! Thank you for sharing! catchatwithcarenandcody

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  6. Melissa, Mudpie and Angel Truffles (Mochas, Mysteries and Meows)August 19, 2017 at 6:12 PM

    You are one powerful little kitty, Webster! Very cool story :)

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  7. Cathy KeishaAugust 19, 2017 at 9:30 PM

    How fun would that be!

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  8. edieAugust 20, 2017 at 7:58 AM

    Was the sun delicious real cat Webster? That was a cool story.

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  9. Kitties BlueAugust 20, 2017 at 5:22 PM

    This was so interesting. Thanks for sharing. The "photo" came out really cool. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo and Cooper Murphy

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  10. Eastside CatsAugust 21, 2017 at 12:22 PM

    Can imagine how very scary it would be to see the sun getter darker and darker, without the benefit of all the science stuff available now! One could believe that the gods were made, or something was eating the sun. Great 're-creation' Webster!

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  11. jank1961August 25, 2017 at 5:50 PM

    That was a fun idea, and something we never knew either! (interesting to me since I'm a Gemini as well)

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