Prædikeren

Source: Paul Hermans

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Under ombygningerne til bybiblioteket gjorde man et bemærkelsesværdigt fund i Prædikhermunkeklosteret. Man fandt indmurede katte. Det drejede sig om både unge killinger og voksne dyr. Prædikhermunkeklosteret ser ikke ud til at være unikt i dette. Også andre steder i Europa har man fundet indmurede katte:

-på kirkegården i Saint-Maclou i den franske by Rouen

-i slotte Combourg nær Saint-Malo er en kattemumie udstillet

-i Christ Church Cathedral i Dublin i Irland

-i Schloss Laubegg i Østrig

-i pubben Three Stags' Heads i den engelske by Wardlow Mires

-i pubben The Stag Inn i Hastings også

-i krypten i Sankt Nicolaus' Kirke i Wiuwert i Friesland

-i den store kirke i Veere i Zeeland

I flere tilfælde er der klare tegn på, at døde katte bevidst blev indmuret i en væggeniche. Eller lagt under en dørtrin for at afværge det onde. Nogle gange var de endda stadig levende. Dette dyreoffer skulle stamme fra hedenske skikke. Fra middelalderen blev katte forbundet med magi, overtro og djævlen, hekse, underverdenen... Denne praksis, som fra middelalderen var udbredt i Europa, havde muligvis sin oprindelse i før-middelalderlige bygningsofre. Selvom den hedenske betydning senere gik tabt, blev indmurede katte stadig set som lykkebringere helt ind i det 19. århundrede, ud fra en traditionel overtro.

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