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Kip the Enchanted Cat, by Adrienne Segur

Magic Cats

The Magic Cats page is back! You can find other illustrations by these artists on the individual artist pages at Art Passions and the Fairy Tale Art page.

Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots, 'Le Maitre Chat' (the Master Cat), is part of a collection of eight short stories published in 1697 under the title Stories or Tales from the Past, with Morals (Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités), with the subtitle Tales of Mother Goose (Contes de ma mère l'oye). Like all our classic fairy tales, the storytelling tradition of Puss in Boots predates its publication. As far as we know, they were first written down by the Frenchman Charles Perrault (1628-1703), The other titles in the set - some also very well known - are Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, The Fairies, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Cowlick Ricky, and Tom Thumb. An interesting note: Charles Perrault published the stories under the name of his son Pierre.

Maxfield Parrish - Puss in Boots

Warwick Goble - Puss in Boots

Unknown - Perrault's Fairy Tales - Le Chat Botté

Gustave Doré Puss in Boots 1

Gustave Doré Puss in Boots 2

Gustave Doré Puss in Boots 3

Walter Crane - Puss in Boots

You can read the story by clicking on the images.

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Rudyard Kipling - The Cat That Walked by Himself (Read the story ) Rudyard Kipling - The Cat That Walked by Himself

Arthur Rackham (from the Poetic Eddas) : Freyja is the most renowned of the goddesses; she has in heaven the dwelling called Fólkvangr... Her hall Sessrúmnir is great and fair. When she goes forth, she drives her cats and sits in a chariot. Arthur Rackham - Freya and her Cat	Arthur Rackham - frontispiece to Irish Fairy Tales	Arthur Rackham - There was an old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill