My kind of crypto kitty!
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Meeooooww!
This pretty kitty is called a maneki-neko, meaning beckoning cat in Japanese. This cat figurine is a lucky charm that is believed to attract good luck and fortune for its owners. You can often see them in the entrances to shops or restaurants in Japan and China, and some like mine are battery powered so the cats paw will literally beckon you in!
This is one of the folktales explaining Maneki-neko origin:
The stray cat and the shop: The operator of an impoverished shop (or inn, tavern, temple, etc.) takes in a starving, stray cat despite barely having enough to feed himself. In gratitude, the cat sits in the front of the store beckoning customers, thus bringing prosperity as a reward to the charitable proprietor. Ever after, the "beckoning cat" has been a symbol of good luck for small business owners.
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My little kitty came back with me from Hong Kong and sits by my front door. I've made a few adjustments to his message, so I hope it will bring crypto good luck this year!
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Now that's my kind of crypto kitty!
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Amazing crypto luck to you @opheliafu!
I may need to make a Hardfork Kitty for you!
Oh that would be amazing!!
I need one of those kittens in my house, to attract good fortune.
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Here we use a ceramic elephant but apparently it is not so effective, because so far I have not had results, maybe the solution is a kitten like yours
Thank you very much dear friend @opheliafu for sharing all this information
I wish you a happy evening
Even if it is not lucky it is still a lovely figurine to welcome people into your home
in my country Venezuela there is a terrible crisis, so there are many animals abandoned and in misery, always feeding the stray cats near my house, they are 10, their suffering is my suffering
I love kittens, here a cat that adopts with their children ;-)
Thank you always wanted to know about that cat seen it in many shops
So funny @opheliafu!
Good luck!!!
Wow...excellent post, beautiful cat, amazing post, thanks
Lucky Cat is very loved in Japan!It will bring you wealth:))))
I was just this second thinking of you as I'm sat under my Steem-glass :D
Thank you! Your words made me so happy:D
Then where can I find one?
Kindly visit my blog.
bring luck kitty :D. looks like mine :D
That is a cute kitty! 🐈🐾
thank you