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| All over the world the Birman is known as the Sacred cat of Burma, but in the UK is it referred to simply as The Birman Cat. Below is the legend which has followed the breed to explain it’s beautiful appearance. | ||
| Centuries ago, the Khmer people of Asia built beautiful temples of worship, to pay homage to their gods. In the Temple of Lao-Tsun was a statue of a golden goddess with sapphire blue eyes, who watched over the transmutation of souls. The Temple also housed 100 pure white cats, who were cared for by the priests. | |||
| Mun-Ha, one of the most beloved of priests - whose beard had been braided with gold by the great god Son-Khio, often knelt in meditation before the golden goddess,Tsyn-Kyan-Kse. Mun-Ha loved one of these beautiful white cats he was called Sinh, the cat was always at the priest's side, gazing at the brilliant goddess, as his master prayed. | 
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| One night, as the moon rose and Mun-Ha was kneeling before the sacred goddess, raiders attacked the Temple and the priest was killed. At the moment of Mun-Ha's death, Sinh placed his feet upon his fallen master and faced the golden goddess. Immediately the fur on his white body was as golden as the light radiating from the Idol: her sapphire eyes became his own, his ears, legs, face and tail took the on the colour of the fertile earth - but where his feet rested gently on his master, they remained white - thus denoting purity. On seeing this change the remaining priests were given the courage to defeat the raiders. | |||
| The next morning the Temple radiated with the transformation of the 99 other white Temple cats which like Sinh, had taken on the golden hue, sapphire blue eyes, brown points and pure white feet. Sinh, the Golden Cat of Burma never left the throne after his master's death taking neither food nor drink. Seven days later he too died, carrying with him into Paradise the soul of his beloved master Mun-Ha. | ||
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| All the photos on this page are of Seal Point Birman Kittens bred at Nicadaemus Birmans | |||
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