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Cats Cause Schizophrenia?

How felines went from being revered as gods to being blamed for mental illness.

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Ancient Egyptians worshipped Bastet, the cat goddess, who they believed protected women and children from disease. The Norse of old revered Freya, the ‘Queen of the Valkyries,’ who rode in a chariot led by two cats. And in…