Sign up ×  In the 1999 film The Mummy. Why was the mummy afraid
of cats?  I know that they were the guardians of the underworld
etc. But what could the house cat that Connor had actually have
done?  Or was the Mummy just so knee deep in his superstition
that he never actually stopped to realise it was a harmless
kitty?  share|improve this question It was clearly a doom kitty
–  TylerShads Jul 10 '12 at 13:18 Now if it was a doom kitty
even I would have run away and I was just watching the film! – 
Stefan Jul 10 '12 at 13:20  5 Answers 5  up vote 8 down vote
accepted  Egyptians worshipped cats. Cats were deified, were
thought to be holy, and the mummy was an unholy undead creature.
I am relatively certain that the movie makers wanted it to be
similar to a vampire confronted with a cross, or something to
that effect.  share|improve this answer Now that is a good idea,
not so much just fear as actual repulsion. That would explain
it. Although it does not explain why the tribe did not have a
legion of cats - I g