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Pywacket

Gender  MaleFemale
Type  Single Name
Species  Cat

Meaning

Familiar spirit; the Siamese cat in the movie "Bell Book and Candle".

Related Names

Pyewacket.

Famous Usage

Bell Book and Candle (1958 directed by Richard Quine) was a cult movie about a witch in 1950s America.

Screen Details

Pyewacket is the name of the witch's cat familiar in the 1958 film 'Bell, Book and Candle' starring Kim Novak and James Stewart. The name originally comes from a real-life witch trial in 1644, where an accused witch allegedly had a cat familiar named Pyewacket. The name also appears in various modern witchcraft-themed media and literature.

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