ailouromorphic

From ailouro- +‎ -morphic.

ailouromorphic (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of ailuromorphic.
   • 1999, Donald Engels, “Folklore”, in Classical Cats: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Cat, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, chapter 1 (Egypt), page 41:

     The cat has nine lives Although the origins of this famous folk saying must remain obscure, there is a strong possibility that they may lie in ancient Egypt, especially in the worship of the ailouromorphic (cat-form) sun god Atum-Ra. In one tradition, there were nine great gods in Egypt called collectively the Ennead or the Nine.

   • 2012 May, Danny Childs, “Shamanic Flight”, in A Study of Religion, Culture, and Medicinal Plants of Three South American Indigenous Groups‎^[1], Newark, Del.: University of Delaware, archived from the original on 15 November 2025, chapter 3 (Shamanism—The Art of Ecstasy), page 55:

     Often times, the figures present during this stage of trance are theriomorphic, or taking the form of animals. These are not just any animals that the ecstatic individual sees either, they are icons of power; the “biggest, baddest” animals in the animal kingdom, which just happen to be the animals that have caused the biggest threat to humans over time. These images are avimorphic (bird form), ailouromorphic (cat form), and ophidiomorphic (reptilian form).

   • 2015 July 4, William Vetter, “Would you use these words in a ms.?”, in rec.arts.sf.composition‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 15 November 2025:

     The cats themselves were never worshipped. In religion involving Bastet or her Romanized forms Isis/Bubastis, the cats were throught to _embody the qualities_ of the ailouromorphic gods, particularly fertility and motherhood, and were regarded as sacred, protected and cultivated around the temples, and sometimes sacrificed, mummified and buried.