Greek and Roman 29
- Andromeda
A galaxy and a princess
- Apollo
God of music and light
- Artemis
Goddess of the hunt and the moon
- Athena
Grey-eyed goddess of wisdom
- Atlas
The Titan who held up the sky
- Calliope
Muse of epic poetry; "beautiful voice"
- Circe
The enchantress of the Odyssey
- Echo
The nymph who could only repeat
- Erebus
Primordial god of darkness
- Flora
Roman goddess of flowers
- Hades
Ruler of the underworld
- Hecate
Goddess of witchcraft, crossroads and the night
- Helios
The sun god
- Hera
Queen of the Greek gods
- Hermes
Messenger god, for fast cats
- Iris
Goddess of the rainbow
- Juno
Roman queen of the gods
- Medusa
The gorgon with a stare to match
- Minerva
Roman goddess of wisdom
- Nyx
Goddess of the night
- Orion
The hunter constellation
- Pandora
"All-gifted"
- Persephone
Queen of the underworld; goddess of spring
- Phoenix
The firebird reborn from its ashes
- Pluto
Roman god of the underworld; the cat in Poe's "The Black Cat"
- Selene
Goddess of the moon
- Sphinx
Lion-bodied keeper of riddles
- Venus
Planet and goddess of love
- Zeus
King of the Greek gods
Norse 15
- Baldur
The shining god of light
- Fenrir
The giant wolf of legend
- Freya
Goddess whose chariot is pulled by cats
- Frigg
Queen of Asgard
- Hugin
"Thought"; one of Odin's two ravens
- Idun
Goddess who guards the apples of youth
- Loki
Shape-shifting trickster god
- Munin
"Memory"; Odin's other raven
- Odin
Allfather of the Norse gods
- Ragnar
"Counsel of the army"
- Rune
"Secret"; a letter of the old Norse alphabet
- Saga
"Story"; a seeing goddess
- Skadi
Goddess of winter and mountains
- Thor
God of thunder
- Valkyrie
"Chooser of the slain"
Egyptian 14
- Amun
"The hidden one"
- Anubis
Jackal-headed guardian of the dead
- Bastet
Egyptian goddess of cats and the home
- Hathor
Goddess of love, music and joy
- Horus
Falcon-headed god of the sky
- Khepri
Scarab-headed god of the rising sun
- Maat
Goddess of truth and cosmic order
- Mau
Ancient Egyptian for "cat"
- Nut
Goddess of the night sky
- Osiris
God of the afterlife
- Ra
Egyptian god of the sun
- Sekhmet
Lioness-headed warrior goddess
- Set
God of storms, deserts and chaos
- Thoth
Ibis-headed god of writing and wisdom
Irish and Celtic 10
- Aoife
"Beauty, radiance"
- Banshee
"Fairy woman"; a wailing spirit
- Bran
"Raven"
- Brigid
"Exalted one"
- Cait
After the Cait Sith, a black fairy cat with a white chest
- Fionn
"Fair, white"; the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill
- Maeve
The warrior queen of Connacht
- Morrigan
Phantom queen of Irish myth, linked to crows
- Niamh
"Bright, radiant"
- Oisin
"Little deer"; the poet-warrior of legend
Japanese 1
- Maneki
"Beckoning", as in the maneki-neko lucky cat
Other traditions 1
- Lilith
A night spirit of ancient folklore