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#Cats are often associated with #AncientEgypt, but did you know that they were also important to the #Norse of the #VikingAge (c. 790-1100CE)? The #Vikings kept cats as pets and they were featured prominently in religious iconography and literature, alongside other pet animals. Although it may be hard to imagine a #Viking chief bringing his favorite or cat along on a raid, recent genetic studies point to precisely such a scenario as it is now thought that Vikings transported cats and dogs on their raids on foreign shores, and that these were kept as both working animals and pets in Norse households.

📷Photo of the #Oseberg Ship Carving by A. Davey.
#Caturday #MedievalHistory #History

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#Cats are often associated with #AncientEgypt, but did you know that they were also important to the #Norse of the #VikingAge (c. 790-1100CE)? The #Vikings kept cats as pets and they were featured prominently in religious iconography and literature, alongside other pet animals. Although it may be hard to imagine a #Viking chief bringing his favorite or cat along on a raid, recent genetic studies point to precisely such a scenario as it is now thought that Vikings transported cats and dogs on their raids on foreign shores, and that these were kept as both working animals and pets in Norse households.

📷Photo of the #Oseberg Ship Carving by A. Davey.
#Caturday #MedievalHistory #History

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