The Mystery Cat

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The Mystery Cat is the epithet of Macavity, the elusive master-criminal feline from T. S. Eliot’s "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsInPoem Macavity: The Mystery Cat ⓘ
appearsInWork Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats ⓘ
associatedWith Cats (musical) ⓘ
Macavity ⓘ
crime ⓘ
belongsToSeries poems about cats by T. S. Eliot ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy T. S. Eliot ⓘ
createdByAuthor Thomas Stearns Eliot ⓘ
linked to: T. S. Eliot
describedAs the Napoleon of Crime ⓘ
epithetOf Macavity ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats universe ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats ⓘ
genre children’s poetry ⓘ
comic verse ⓘ
nonsense verse ⓘ
hasAlias Macavity ⓘ
hasForm narrative poem ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
hasMedium print ⓘ
hasNotableLine Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity ⓘ
hasOccupation criminal ⓘ
master thief ⓘ
hasRole master criminal ⓘ
master-criminal feline ⓘ
hasSetting London (implied) ⓘ
linked to: London, England
hasSpecies cat ⓘ
feline ⓘ
hasTargetAudience children ⓘ
general readers ⓘ
hasTheme anthropomorphic animals ⓘ
crime and detection parody ⓘ
humor ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
hasTrait criminal mastermind ⓘ
cunning ⓘ
elusive ⓘ
mysterious ⓘ
influencedAdaptation Cats (musical) ⓘ
inspiredBy Professor Moriarty ⓘ
linked to: Jim Moriarty
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryForm poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction antagonist ⓘ
partOfCollection Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats ⓘ
publicationYear 1939 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Macavity → hasEpithet → The Mystery Cat ⓘ
Hidden Paw → notableLineAssociation → Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw ⓘ
linked to: The Mystery Cat