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 Just A Cat Hanging Out

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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 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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“My cat loves to climb to the highest place in the room—which is ok at home, but when we’re traveling and staying with friends, their homes aren’t as cat-proofed as mine and it becomes an issue,” Molly DeVoss, a certified feline training and behavior specialist who runs Cat Behavior Solutions agency, told Bored Panda.

She explained that at some height, cats indeed become fearful, but it is natural for them to seek high ground. “Sometimes they just need a little privacy, but this mostly comes from an instinctual alertness for predators; they can better see predators and potential territory invaders coming from afar,” Molly said.

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

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#5 Is It You Whomst Pspspsps’d Me?

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

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If you’ve ever wondered how come your cat is able to climb to the heights so gracefully and effortlessly, except those rare unexpected falls from the top counter, Molly said you have to look at their anatomy. “A cat’s sharp, strong claws, and muscular hindquarters, make climbing easy for them.”

Moreover, cats have a crazy sense of balance and are impossibly flexible, Molly said. “When they fall, they twist and land on their feet (hence the idiom ‘always land on your feet’); this is known as a ‘righting reflex.’ While all cat breeds, including our beloved DSH (domestic shorthairs), love to climb, the Savannah and Bengal breeds seem to exhibit a stronger penchant for climbing.”

#7 Umbrella Cat Is Watching You

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#8 Classics From My Phone

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

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Many studies have been done about how far cats can fall without sustaining injury. “These studies suggest cats can fall as far as 20 stories (over 200 feet) and survive with little to no injuries. However, you wouldn’t want to put this theory to the test; cats can fall about eight feet without injury,” the cat behaviorist warned.

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

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#11 Spider Cat, Spider Cat Does Whatever A Spider Cat Does

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#12 Trapped Cat

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If you don’t want your cat to climb on your counters and high places in your home, Molly said you’ll need to provide them with alternatives. “I have wall steps leading to shelves and cat beds above my windows and our cat, Pico de Gato, spends hours sleeping high above our heads. There are many surface deterrents, such as sonic sound mats and sharp/pointed mats, but I don’t recommend using a deterrent (of any kind) without first providing an alternative.”

She added: “I’ve always said, ‘you can’t tell a cat no—you have to show it what you want it to do instead’—which means the responsibility falls on you to provide adequate alternatives that allow them to express their natural behaviors.”

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

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#14 Cat Stuck In The Ceiling

#15 This Cat

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

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#17 Tent Cat 

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#18 Ceiling Cat Is Always Watching

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#19 When I Looked Up, There Was A Shinobi

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#20 Winnie Got Stuck In The Ceiling Yesterday

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#21 Ceiling Cat

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#22 Stop Looking To The Ceiling

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

#24 I Can Halp Electrishun?

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#25 Black Magic

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

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#27 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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#28 Ceiling Cat Is Watching You

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

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#30 Ceiling Cat

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#31 I Spy With My Little Eye

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

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#33 Ceiling Cat

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#34 A Photo Sent By A Colleague

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

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#36 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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#37 Kora Channeling Her Inner Ceiling Cat

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

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#39 Fernanda Torres, Ceiling Cat

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#40 Simon Oversees His Mother’s Repairs

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#41 Ceiling Cat Watches You Shop

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#42 Views From My Bed

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#43 Hello From Above

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#44 I Heard A Rustle Of The Treat Packet

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#45 Hangin Out

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#46 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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#47 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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#48 Ceiling Cat

#49 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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#50 He’s Like A Cat Hanger

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

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#52 Can You Find The Kitten In This Picture?

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

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#54 Ceiling Cat Is Watching You

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#55 This Picture Of My Friends Cat

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#56 Ceiling Cat

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#57 ⁣⁣When Dad Tries To Go To The Toilet In Peace

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#58 Hey

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#59 You Know, Asian Cats All Know Kung Fu

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#60 Ceiling Cat Is Going For A Walk

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#61 This Guy

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#62 Cat Sleeping On Ceiling In Seoul

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#63 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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#64 Mocha Is Ceiling Cat

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#65 Hey

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#66 Exploring The Basement Ceiling On My Own Tonight

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#67 Your Privacy Isn’t Safe From Ceiling Cat

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#68 Perla And Her Son Silko

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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. 

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#71 Ceiling Cat Sees You

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#72 This Cat Peed In My Ceiling

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#73 Ceiling Cat Reaching Down And Changing Livez

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#74 Just Another Day In The Life Of Ceiling Cat

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#75 He Finally Got His Wish And Made It On Top Of The Door. And Got His Butt Stuck Cause The Ceiling Was Too Low

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#76 Cat

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#77 My Cat Got Stuck In The Ceiling

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#78 My Cat (Appa) Keeps Crawling Into The Ceiling At Our New Apartment. He Stubbornly Refuses To Get Down, Even For Treats

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#79 We Have 10’ Ceilings

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#80 Cats Are Smart They Said. Yeah Well Mine Ended Up In The Ceiling Forgetting How He Got In And Meowing While I’m In Class

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#81 This House Worships Ceiling Cat

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#82 This Is Where He Sits To Yell At Us To Feed Him Dinner

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#83 When A Stranger Walks In

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#84 Ceiling Cat

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#85 Cat Is Watching You

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#86 Daniel The Ceiling Cat Is Passing Judgement

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#87 So It’s Clear Who Is The Most Adventurey Adventure Cat

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#88 Ceiling Cat. Watching Your Every Move

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#89 When You’re Alone And In Your Underpants Eating A Pint Of Ben & Jerry’s And Sense That You’re Being Watched

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#90 Ceiling Cats Are Watching You

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#91 Doing Important Ceiling Cat Business

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#92 Ceiling Cat: The Second Coming

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#93 Red’s Turn To Be Ceiling Cat

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#94 There Is A Cat In My Ceiling

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#95 I Can See What You Can Not See

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#96 This Is Mabel

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#97 Ceiling Cat Says Hello

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#98 Woke Up To This. I Really Need To Put My Ceiling Tiles Back In

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#99 Our Dog Is Gone For The Weekend And Putin Is Still Lurking In The Floor/Ceiling

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#100 When You’re Making Your Morning Coffee, Hear A Strange Little Noise, Look Up And See This Cutie Spying On You

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#101 Throwback Thursday To That Time That I Went To A Fancy Dress Party As Ceiling Cat

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#102 Why Is Muffins In The Ceiling?

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#103 She’s Keeping Nick Company While He Works

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#104 Ceiling Cat Is Watching You

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#105 Oh Yes He Did

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#106 Yes This Is Real Life And Yes This Is My Ceiling. My Cats Are The Worst

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#107 Turn My Back For 10 Seconds And She’s Gone Up The Ladder

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#108 Sorry, I’m A Ceiling Cat Now

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#109 Ceiling Cat Will Murder You

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#110 Have You Heard About Our Lord And Savior, Ceiling Cat?

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#111 Ceiling Cat Lives In My Apartment Building

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#112 Ceiling Cat Watching You. Judging You

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#113 Is This Not What You Did At 1am? Try It. It’s Fun. Send Help

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#114 Heard A Noise In The Ceiling

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#115 I Found My New Favorite Spot

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#116 We Are Infested With Ceiling Cats! They Watch While You’re Sleeping And Playing Xbox

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#117 Ceiling Cat Watches You Study

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#118 Ceiling Cat

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