Cats In Eastern European literature cats are seen as guardians of the otherworld underworld Stoic silent and mysterious they fit what a underworld guardian should be They keep to themselves and are able to pass judgments on the world and people but are able to distance themselves from ID: 224181
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The Cat- BehemothSlide2
Cats
In Eastern European literature cats are seen as guardians of the otherworld (underworld)
Stoic, silent, and mysterious they fit what a underworld guardian should be
They keep to themselves and are able to pass judgments on the world and people but are able to distance themselves from
situationsSlide3
Behemoth
From the book of Job
Hebrew word for beasts
Thought to be a hippopotamus, an elephant, or a rhinoceros
Satin gave his power to the beasts
Behemoth is the evil one acting as the enemy within usSlide4
Till
Eulenspiegel
Till is an impudent trickster from German folklore
He would play practical jokes on others to expose their vices, greed, or hypocrisy to show human weakness
No one was exempt from his jokes
The character Tyl
Eulenspiegel
in Richard Strauss’ symphonic poem was inspired by Till. Strauss was very popular in Russia and greatly inspired Behemoth’s characterSlide5
Behemoth in the novel
His Russian name means Hippopotamus
“a tomcat, black
,
colossus as an hippopotamus
” Was confirmed to be a large black cat Behemoth goes along with the other demons to wreak havoc over Moscow
“This
one who is
playing the fool is the cat Behemoth.”