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Building Sacrifices (Mummified Cats, Immurement & So On)

Will be posting more on thebuildings history later, as more is uncovered.
 
Turns out the building was constructed in 1901. More facts as i get them in.
 
I have a pretty sick example of occult ritual immurement! This case happened in Orangish Romania. The cathedrals foundations would crumble they tried many times, to build it!
Finally they drew straws, to find out whos wife would be burried alive in the wall..... Look it up, totally ill story! The devil helped build it. Her death wasn't the last either! The commissioner of the building wanted MORE grandeur! More lives were sacrificed to build the towers! It's an evil building!
 
Samara78 said:
I have a pretty sick example of occult ritual immurement! This case happened in Orangish Romania. The cathedrals foundations would crumble they tried many times, to build it!
Finally they drew straws, to find out whos wife would be burried alive in the wall..... Look it up, totally ill story! The devil helped build it. Her death wasn't the last either! The commissioner of the building wanted MORE grandeur! More lives were sacrificed to build the towers! It's an evil building!
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Please be more specific, thanks. A link or the actual name of the cathedral would really help.
 
Mythopoeika said:
Please be more specific, thanks. A link or the actual name of the cathedral would really help.
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I like how lots were drawn to see whose wife would be buried alive. No male volunteers, then.
 
escargot said:
I like how lots were drawn to see whose wife would be buried alive. No male volunteers, then.
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Yep, sexism was on steroids back then. Nasty.
 
Agreed. Not sure how to post links. It you look up "orangish cathedral romania" on google it will come up. They proved that poor woman is in the wall. The workman sacrificed on the original roof, are also no small matter​
 
Samara78 said:
It you look up "orangish cathedral romania" on google it will come up.
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That doesn't help, sorry.
To post a link, click on the chain icon and paste the website's URL in the little box that opens up.
 
Samara78 said:
I have a pretty sick example of occult ritual immurement! This case happened in Orangish Romania. The cathedrals foundations would crumble they tried many times, to build it!
Finally they drew straws, to find out whos wife would be burried alive in the wall..... Look it up, totally ill story! The devil helped build it. Her death wasn't the last either! The commissioner of the building wanted MORE grandeur! More lives were sacrificed to build the towers! It's an evil building!
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I can't find a place called Orangish in Romania.
 
mandragoire said:
mummified cat-a-log
here's my online mummified cat-a-log
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Here's the salvaged introductory / overview text from the MIA webpages ...

INTRODUCTION

Animal lovers, cat friends and other people probably won’t like this site, because many unknown cat fiends have murdered cats in the past. Why did they kill cats? Reasons are numerous; sometimes they were afraid of them because they were seen as a companion of witches. In other cases they were killed at harvest festivals. In the Ardennes they were burned on bonfires on the first Sunday of Lent. In Ypres live cats were thrown of the cathedrals as a reminder of witchcraft.(image) In other places they were drowned.

In England people sometimes put cats into walls. How do we know this? Dried or mummified cats are often found concealed in walls, under the flooring, but sometimes in roofs as well. In some cases the cats have been positioned, indicating that they were already dead at the time of concealment. Sometimes mummified rats are found with the cats, suggesting a symbolic placing of the creatures, possibly to indicate the cat's function on a spiritual plane. This site focuses on several aspects of the dried cat syndrome. Where do we find them? Why were they concealed in walls? Is there such a thing as mummified cat haunting as this articles headline proclaims or is it just a reference to the fact that these cats their resurfacing haunts us because of the cruelty of our ancestor’s deeds? Shall we commence and end the suspense?

Is it just England that walled up cats and thus protected their houses against real or unreal dangers? No, most of Europe also had the same custom and even some former English colonies, Australia and USA to name a few. What are we planning to do? It is our intention to build an online catalog of these poor animals. To make things easy we have given each area their own space in this website. It will have a series of links to pages featuring cats and also a list of where the cats are found and some additional information.

Strangely enough sometimes other animals are also found beneath walls, under floorboards, so each area is divided into two parts. The first is cats and the second is other.

Why I am I doing this site? The last couple of years I have been working on a book on mummified remains(human and animal) and all superstitions, beliefs and paranormal events connected with the latter. Should you have some personal experiences with the above feel free to contact me

As time grows all information given to me by the reader will be added to the site.
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SALVAGED FROM: https://web.archive.org/web/20070216191935/http://studwww.rug.ac.be:80/~rdesomer/introduction.htm


WHY

Why were cats stuffed in wall and left to dry there forever?

- When cats are found beneath floorboards there is always the possibility that they crawled there to die, but this does not rule out some kind of foundation sacrifice, which is another of the main suggestions.

- This idea of foundation sacrifice seems relatively sensible but you still have to ask why?

- In the Castle of Saint-Germain en Laye a cat was placed in 1547 to insure the stability of the building.

- buried under a house because they thought it would protect the owners from fire.[1]

- Another option which I would like to suggest may be connected with folk medicine. [2] In France for example the cat was used as a way to get cured from the plague, mostly in the 16th century.

- Some writers have commented that the likelihood is that cats are placed in such situations to act as vermin scaring devices.

-to ward away evil spirits and to bring good luck, so he decided that they would keep the mummified cat. It now has pride of place in its own illuminated case on one of the overhead pillars in the main bar, much to the amazement of the hotel's guests.

- to vanquish the devil and evil spirits. According to a builder: “take a cat placed it into the walls while still living, when the animal blows its final gust of air the devil leaves the house”.

- Cats are reputed to be able to see ghosts and spirits easier than humans can and it is possible that it was their job to catch vermin of a more spiritual kind, perhaps the witch's familiar.


[1] I don’t know if the cats were buried in the ground or if they were concealed underneath the floorboards. The author doesn’t mention this but it gives an added possibility for leaving cats to mummify in a house.

[2] Using animals or animal remains for medical purposes is not an uncommon thing in folkmedicin. For more information we refer to Brian Hoggard’s website http://www.folkmagic.co.uk/dorset_folk_magic.htm.
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SALVAGED FROM: https://web.archive.org/web/20070218153837/http://studwww.rug.ac.be:80/~rdesomer/why.htm
 
Here's the salvaged immurement listings from the MIA webpages ...

UNITED KINGDOM

1. Cats

According to Brian Hoggard(personal communication) over a hundred cats are on file. However due to the fact that Brian has been working on this much longer than I, I have I only 68, all were published or where related to me by other mummified cat lovers.

1.1. England

Norfolk

1.2. Scotland

Only one in Edinburgh, Moubray House in the Royal Mile

1.3. Ireland

4 mummified cats, 3 of which were found in Dublin and one in Limerick

2. Other

Untill know I know of a toad and 2 ferrets chasing a mouse and a puppy.
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SALVAGED FROM: https://web.archive.org/web/20070218153726/http://studwww.rug.ac.be:80/~rdesomer/UK.htm


EUROPE

1. Cats

1. Germany and other German countries

Details are very limited for this area, we can find 9 German cats, and 5 in Switserland and Austria. Some of these cats were found concealed behind walls, others were found on attics, sometimes the remains were severly damaged they were probably nailed against the rafters. One of these was covered in peat, to preserve it.

2. Holland

Untill now I've only found one 2 petrified cats, one of these was nicely hidden behind a wall.

3. Belgium

Two cats are known in Belgium, one was found underneath the flooring of a house and the other behind a wall. The image used is from the cat found under the flooring in Oudenburg. No images are available of the cat from Ghent. Image courtesy of artbeyond.be

4. France

France has 4 mummified cats. Ranging from the 16th century till early 20th century. One of the interesting stories behind one of the cats is that it protects against the plague.

5. Gibraltar

We can find two cats in this area, both of these lovely cats can be found in the Gibraltar museum and of one we know that it was found behind a wall erected in 1879.

6. Sweden

Two cats can be found in Sweden, one behind the walls of a castle and the other was found underneath a doorstep which was erected in 1926.

2. Other
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SALVAGED FROM: https://web.archive.org/web/20070218153826/http://studwww.rug.ac.be:80/~rdesomer/europe.htm


AUSTRALIA

1. Cats

The Australian situation is still quite unknown, however thanks to the efforts of writer Ian Evans we will soon be able to have a better look at the Australian situation.

Untill know I only know of three cats:

1. Ballarat, city, central Victoria, Australia, on the Yarrowee River

2. Queensland

3. Sydney, NSW, Australia

2. Other
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SALVAGED FROM: https://web.archive.org/web/20070218153746/http://studwww.rug.ac.be:80/~rdesomer/australia.htm


USA

1. Cats

Ohio

2 cats found

Philadelphia

2 cats found

Pennsylvania

1 cat

New Jersey

1 cat

Wisconsin

The cat from Wisconsin was found under the flooring of a house over 150 years old. 1 cat bought on the internet by myself, also convinced the previous owner to include a letter detailing the find

Oakland, Calfornia.

1 cat

Maine

1 cat

Seatle

1 cat

2. Other
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SALVAGED FROM: https://web.archive.org/web/20070218153807/http://studwww.rug.ac.be:80/~rdesomer/USA.htm
 
Suffolk and Norfolk are famous for mummified cats being found. One of my friends is helping renovate an old building in my home town to become a new restaurant and has found a mummified cat in one of the walls this morning ..

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.. I've asked him to save it for me although the owner of the place might want it to stay there ..
 
Kondoru said:
That cat is unhappy you have disturbed his nap.

Bad luck now.
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I'm now the proud owner of an East Anglia mummified cat. The building isn't old enough for it to be from the witch finder years, but, as I'd guessed, it was found at the entrance to a doorway. The room had been bricked up, but I'm assuming the door way was once the exterior entrance to the building. A quick visit to my local museum to show Al, a friend who works there the cat ... he thinks that Olive Edis, Britain's first female war photographer used the building as a photography studio around 1910, I've found a picture of Olive (who has her own section in our museum) holding a small grey cat. The mummified cat I now own is small and has some grey fur still attached so it might be the same cat? .. Olive's cat was called Kisse, there's a picture of it in the link below.

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https://oliveedisproject.wordpress.com/tag/olive-edis/
 
Swifty said:
I'm now the proud owner of an East Anglia mummified cat. The building isn't old enough for it to be from the witch finder years, but, as I'd guessed, it was found at the entrance to a doorway. The room had been bricked up, but I'm assuming the door way was once the exterior entrance to the building. A quick visit to my local museum to show Al, a friend who works there the cat ... he thinks that Olive Edis, Britain's first female war photographer used the building as a photography studio around 1910, I've found a picture of Olive (who has her own section in our museum) holding a small grey cat. The mummified cat I now own is small and has some grey fur still attached so it might be the same cat? .. Olive's cat was called Kisse, there's a picture of it in the link below.

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https://oliveedisproject.wordpress.com/tag/olive-edis/
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A very apt container seeing as how much cats love a box.
 
hunck said:
A very apt container seeing as how much cats love a box.
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I'm a bit concerned about the fur maybe being mouldy. I'll be researching the best and safest way to preserve it and I'll definitely be wearing face masks while studying it. I'd prefer to remove the fur but I'll be taking advice on that. If anyone knows any good links to this sort of preservation, I'd be grateful.
 
Swifty said:
I'm now the proud owner of an East Anglia mummified cat. The building isn't old enough for it to be from the witch finder years, but, as I'd guessed, it was found at the entrance to a doorway. The room had been bricked up, but I'm assuming the door way was once the exterior entrance to the building. A quick visit to my local museum to show Al, a friend who works there the cat ... he thinks that Olive Edis, Britain's first female war photographer used the building as a photography studio around 1910, I've found a picture of Olive (who has her own section in our museum) holding a small grey cat. The mummified cat I now own is small and has some grey fur still attached so it might be the same cat? .. Olive's cat was called Kisse, there's a picture of it in the link below.

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https://oliveedisproject.wordpress.com/tag/olive-edis/
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Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
 
Swifty said:
I'm a bit concerned about the fur maybe being mouldy. I'll be researching the best and safest way to preserve it and I'll definitely be wearing face masks while studying it. I'd prefer to remove the fur but I'll be taking advice on that. If anyone knows any good links to this sort of preservation, I'd be grateful.
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You could tell people that it's Schrodinger's Cat and it was dead when he opened the box.;
 
Swifty said:
I'm a bit concerned about the fur maybe being mouldy. I'll be researching the best and safest way to preserve it and I'll definitely be wearing face masks while studying it. I'd prefer to remove the fur but I'll be taking advice on that. If anyone knows any good links to this sort of preservation, I'd be grateful.
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talk to the owner of Morbitorium

https://www.morbitorium.co.uk/
 
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