lucky cats
Waving paw figurines
Lucky cats are the beckoning cat figurines common in Asian businesses and restaurants, believed to attract good fortune and customers.
The raised paw appears to wave, though the gesture derives from the Japanese beckoning motion.
Also called maneki-neko.
A row of lucky cats lined the restaurant's windowsill.
- maneki-nekoJapanese lucky cat statue
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- good fortuneFavorable chance outcomes
- beckoningGesturing for approach
- pawAnimal's clawed foot
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- cat collectibles
- ChinatownChinatown, dim sum, dragon dances, Chinese New Year, lion dances
- Asian importschopsticks, rice cooker, rice cookers, soy sauce, wok
- cat cultureenamel pins, Bastet
cultural origin of fortune symbols
lucky catsfour-leaf clovers
Rare mutation, supposedly lucky
horseshoes · dreamcatchers · evil eye beads · wishbones · leprechauns
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