Fred Gettings, a well-known art critic, author of a number of books, including The Tarot of Marseille: A Book of Universal Symbols, talks about the history of the image of a cat in European culture, ideas and superstitions - from the ancient Egyptian cult of the goddess Bast to the medieval belief in witches with their demonic familiars. The author pays special attention to the cat in the fine arts of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. At the same time, this book is not the academic work of a historian or art critic, but the book of an enthusiast gifted with rich imagination, admiring the cat in both its guises - heavenly and hellish.