Aelwaer's Cat

'Saint Aelwaer' was described as a 'demonic anti-saint. She is portrayed riding a donkey, with a magpie on her head to symbolize immortality, a pig under her left arm symbolizing gluttony, and a cat held in her right hand to symbolize all the forces of evil.

The cat is raised up high in Aelwaer's hand to indicate that it is in league with the devil, as this period of history was when all felines were brutally persecuted as being wicked and familiars of witches.

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