THE TALE OF CAILLY CEANN LEACH

One Grimalkin's Origin

(This image is inspired by historical accounts. The captivating model in the photograph is intended to provide the viewer with a sense of Cailly's otherworldly beauty.)

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Cailly Ceann Leach resided in the late 18th century on an island that was situated 150 nautical miles from the coast of Ireland. At 33 years old, she had striking blue eyes and curly auburn hair.

She remained unmarried and childless. She was skilled in healing, alchemy, and potion-making, and had the ability to create curses and spells, as well as the powers of invisibility and shapeshifting. She frequently bathed in creeks and ponds and conducted rituals in her yard, sitting nude within a large pentagram crafted from black salt and white sand.

On a day with a red sky, she was forcibly taken from her cabin, bound, gagged, and then hanged from the sturdy branch of a withering oak tree. Her body was placed in a warped pine coffin and buried beneath.

A large black cat with golden eyes appeared and sat on her grave as onlookers squinted. The cat mourned her mistress with soft meows while clawing at the grave and emitting eerie, piercing howls.

The cat's body foamed and dissolved into the soil. Thunder shook the sky, causing the ground to tremble. People gasped, made the sign of the cross, and began to pray. With a thunderous crash, Cailly's arms burst through the coffin and the darkened earth. Her stiff body rose from the expanding pit, with large chunks of soil falling from her bare form, her eyes glowing like blue embers.

She gritted her teeth. Her fists clenched, and her cherry red hair flailed about like a cat-o’-nine-tails. She pointed to the crowd, her finger rotating like a compass needle as she spun about and addressed her murderers.

She shook her head as if in pity, and with a piercing bird-like shrill, she levitated 20 feet above the deafened horde. She raised her arms high and chanted in an incomprehensible Celtic dialect. Soon, all but her would perish.

Cailly has witnessed the emergence of the Western World. She has manifested across all continents in different forms and disguises, but she typically prefers to appear as either a cat or a beautiful woman with bat or raven wings.

She possesses a range of abilities, including telepathy, telekinesis, and pyrokinesis. She can emit bioluminescence, with her bones glowing in different colors through her skin.

Her eyes can change from ocean blue to blood red, grass green, and canary yellow at her command, and they have the power to incinerate a building or person effortlessly.

On this website, I showcase images and other representations of her in various forms, as depicted by artists and sculptors since the 1500s, some famous. Each one provides a distinct interpretation based on how she appeared to them, and she has even been immortalized by modern day graffiti artists. Rumor dictates she inspired Shakespeare to write "Macbeth."

If she visits you, do not be afraid. Welcome her, be courteous, and show her respect. She may settle by your fireplace or on a chair, rug, or sofa. She might even choose to sit in your lap.

Do not offer her food or milk. She requires drops of blood from your fingers or limbs. That is her price if you wish to draw her, paint her, tell her a story, listen to her tales, or simply enjoy her presence. Do not pick her up or try to pet her unless she allows it. She is no house cat! She is a magic user, a storyteller, with some tales being her own and others shared with her to pass along. She won't mind if you share a story or two.

To many, she has shocked, disturbed, and amused. She only visits at night. Before you realize it, she's gone. If she likes you, she may return.

If she appears in human form, she may be naked, so don't be surprised and don't stare! If this makes you uneasy, offer her something to cover herself or ask her to please change her form. She will understand. If you are a man, she may even allow intimacy. But be warned! Let her initiate. If she's interested, she'll let you know. Due to her past experiences with men, she would rather make a meal of them.

She can be vicious and unpredictable if provoked. Keep your attitude and negative thoughts in check. Her hypnotic eyes can kill, and her glowing body can blind. She can be as timid as a mouse one moment and as fierce as a tiger the next. She can reduce your home to ashes, erase your memory, paralyze you, or banish you to another temporal dimension. Remember this: she possesses the knowledge of time and space and can traverse different realities and realms.

Occasionally, she shares a portion of her powerful abilities with others. However, this privilege is typically reserved for women. For men, do not request any magical favors. She will decide that and only if she deems you worthy.