Inspired by and dedicated to the Ceiling Cat meme, which I am certain you are acquainted with, this list aims to further unravel the mysteries of god-like cats. Since you are a knowledgeable Word Wide Web user, dear reader, we’ll not dwell on the history and conception of the Ceiling Cat meme but rather ponder on the cats themselves.

For starters, this feline fascination of ours. Alright, alright, I know... You think I’m going to talk about the ancient Egyptians, their mummified cats, and the cat goddesses like Bastet, Sekhmet, and Mafdet. But just to spice up the “cats as deities” discussion, I'm adding in cat-gods from other ancient cultures as well. For one, there's ‘The Ovinnik’ — a spirit in Slavic mythology that occupies the shape of a black, fiery-eyed cat. Once full-bellied, it’s a great protector of the barn and the livestock housed there, just like a normal cat. But woe to those who let Ovinnik's tummy gurgle as the spirit will eat their animals and set buildings afire. Or take the Norse goddess Freyja for instance: her heavenly chariot was pulled not by mere steeds but by two giant grey cats. It’s said that people left snacks for these cats so they wouldn’t make a meal out of their children either. As you can see, cats have always occupied a special place among the divine, so transitioning to the overlords of The Internet is the next logical step.

Since simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, Internet cats have dropped their gilded capes and diamond claws, moving on to basic things that would resonate better with wide-eyed mortals instead. And, ultimately, prolong their sovereignty over us. Now we have the same god-like cats being praised for their cuteness, infamous cat-logic, and general buffoonery — you know, the simple stuff of a cat's existence. Like letting go of any old habit, though, dropping your status as a deity sure ain't easy. Once in a while, we see a seemingly cute cat reminding us of its authority by occupying the highest possible place in our homes and scalding us with their austere stares. If you still don't have a grasp of this post's topic by reading it thus far, I invite you to scroll down below and see our collection of Ceiling Cat photos! Call them silly cats, funny, or even stupid; deep down, you know that only divine beings can be so entertaining, so spectacular, and serious at the same time!

Vote for the cat photos that have amused you the most, tell us five reasons why you love cats and don't forget to share this article with your friends! Au revoir and bissous!

#1 I Was Browsing The Books In This Small Secluded Book Store When I Heard Something Above My Head

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#2 Shop Owner Installs Glass Ceiling For Cats So They Could Stare At Him While He Works

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#3 Just A Cat Hanging Out

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#4 I'm A Plumber Working In A Ceiling Void Under A Leaking Shower And I Have Been Greeted By A Curious Kitty

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#5 I’m Remodeling My Basement And All The Ceiling Tiles Were Just Removed. I Found My Cat Like This

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#6 Classics From My Phone

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#7 Cat Stuck In The Ceiling

#8 Is It You Whomst Pspspsps'd Me?

#9 Spider Cat, Spider Cat Does Whatever A Spider Cat Does

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#10 Over The Last Week Our Kitten Has Discovered She Can Climb

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#11 Umbrella Cat Is Watching You

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#12 When I Looked Up, There Was A Shinobi

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#13 The Master Who Will Break The Hole From The Ceiling Every Day And Fall From The Sky!

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#14 I Walked Into Some Antique Shop And Saw This Cat Poking His Head Through A Hole In The Ceiling

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#15 Winnie Got Stuck In The Ceiling Yesterday

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#16 My Girlfriend's Cat, Orange. Put Him In The Attic To Hunt For Mice And Know He Doesn't Want To Come Back Down

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#17 Ceiling Cat

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#18 This Cat

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#19 Trapped Cat

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#20 I Can Halp Electrishun?

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#21 Stop Looking To The Ceiling

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#22 Ceiling Cat Is Always Watching

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#23 Cat Shocks Mom By Learning To Climb On The Ceiling Like A Spider

#24 Black Magic

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#25 Ceiling Cat

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#26 My Cat Broke A Small Piece Of Our Drop Ceiling Tile Off

Just so he could stick his head through it and meow incessantly while I'm trying to watch TV.

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#27 Ceiling Cat Is Watching You

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#28 I Know What You Did And Where You Hid It

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#29 Ceiling Cat

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#30 A Photo Sent By A Colleague

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#31 My Mom’s Cat Likes To Get Into The Dropped Ceiling And Lay On The Panels

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#32 Shout Out To This Mofo Who Crawled Into The Kitchen Ceiling On His First Day Home

He didn't even leave the panel ajar - I moved it because I was out of places to look within a 5 mile radius.

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#33 Tent Cat

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#34 Kora Channeling Her Inner Ceiling Cat

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#35 It's Almost 1:30 Am Here, And I Just Found A Cat In My Ceiling

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#36 How I Noticed That My Cat Was Stuck In The Attic

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#37 Simon Oversees His Mother's Repairs

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#38 Dada's Not Here So I Can Do Eeeverything I Want

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#39 I Spy With My Little Eye

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#40 Fernanda Torres, Ceiling Cat

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#41 Hello From Above

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#42 Ceiling Cat Watches You Shop

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#43 Views From My Bed

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#44 Hangin Out

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#45 Ceiling Cat

#46 This Picture Of My Friends Cat

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#47 So A Cat Decided To Sit On Our Ceiling Window Today

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#48 I Heard A Rustle Of The Treat Packet

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#49 Mr. Nancy Has Decided To Live In The Ceiling

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#50 Early This Morning I Couldn’t Find Nacho

I was calling and calling him and he wasn’t in his usual hiding spots. Then I just saw a tiny orange head looking down at me from the ceiling.

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#51 Just Moved Into A New Apartment With 15 Foot Ceilings. Woke Up On Morning One And Couldn’t Find My Cat Anywhere. Then I Looked Up

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#52 Ceiling Cat

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#53 Hey

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#54 Can You Find The Kitten In This Picture?

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#55 He Sees You When You're Sleeping. And He Knows When You're Awake. He Knows If You've Been Bad Or Good. So Be Good For Goodness Sake

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#56 Ceiling Cat Is Watching You

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#57 Cat Sleeping On Ceiling In Seoul

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#58 Your Privacy Isn't Safe From Ceiling Cat

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#59 My Kitten Has Turned Into A Danger Cat

I think his goal is to get to the ceiling light. He spent 3 minutes on top of the bathroom door weighing his options. In the end, I had to rescue him.

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#60 Mocha Is Ceiling Cat

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#61 Perla And Her Son Silko

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#62 Hey

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#63 Ceiling Cat

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#64 You Know, Asian Cats All Know Kung Fu

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#65 Ceiling Cat Is Going For A Walk

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#66 This Guy

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#67 This Cat Peed In My Ceiling

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#68 Ceiling Cat Reaching Down And Changing Livez

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#69 My Sisters Cat Likes To Watch You Go To The Bathroom From The Ceiling

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#70 Yesterday, Gaz Fell Off This Balcony

How? He went to lay down and miscalculated lol... About a 10ft drop! Perfectly fine though, but gave us a scared. Looks like we have another project to do and gate that area off. Of course he ran up there right afterwards too.