Fairy Folk The thief cat

Inspired by the myth of the Cat sìth! I love that myth so much! The Sìth are large black cats from Gaelic/ celtic mythology. They roam the lands and are known for stealing a person's soul, before it was claimed by the gods, the sìth cat would do this by passing over a corpse before burial. To avoit this wakes would be done by night and day to keep the Cat Sìth away. Games of leaping and wrestling, catnip, riddles and music would be used to keep the Cat Sìth away from the room in which the corpse lay. No fires would burn were the body lay because the Cat Síth, as a proper cat, would be attracted by the warmth.