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The King of the Cats
The King of the Cats (or The King o' the Cats) is a folk tale from the British Isles.〔(Folk Tales of the British Isles )〕 The earliest known example is found in ''Beware the Cat'', written by William Baldwin in 1553, though it is related to the first century story of "The Death of Pan". Other notable versions include one in a letter written by Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton, first published in 1782, M. G. Lewis told the story to Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1816, and a version was adapted by Joseph Jacobs from several sources, including one collected by Charlotte S. Burne.〔"Journal at Geneva: 'Ghost Story No. IV'" Lewis, M. G., quoted by Shelley, P. B. in ''Journal at Geneva (including Ghost Stories) and on Return to England, 1816''. (ed. Mrs. Shelley, 1840)〕〔Joseph Jacobs, ''More English Fairy tales'', p. 156–8 (tale 74); notes.〕〔"Two Folk-tales from Herefordshire: 'The King of the Cats'" Burne, C. S.,''The Folk-Lore Journal''. Volume 2, 1884.〕 Walter Scott reported that it was a well known nursery tale in the Scottish Highlands in the eighteenth century.〔Scott, Walter, ''The poetical works of Walter Scott'', Vol. 6, Edinburgh: Arch. Constable and co., 1820, p. 107, note.〕 It can be categorised as a "death of an elf (or cat)" tale: Aarne–Thompson–Uther type 113A, or Christiansen migratory legend type 6070B.〔D. L. Ashliman, "(Death of an Underground Person: migratory legends of type 6070B )"〕
==Summary==
A man travelling alone sees a cat (or hears a voice), who speaks to him, saying to tell someone (often an odd name, presumably unknown to the character) that someone else (normally a similarly odd name) has died, though other versions simply have the traveller see a group of cats holding a royal funeral. He reaches his destination and recounts what happened, when suddenly the housecat cries something like "Then I am the king of the cats!", rushes up the chimney or out of the door, and is never seen again.〔
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