In an Egyptian household, when a cat died the household shaved their eyebrows. The cat, capturing our imagination since ancient Egyptian times, has a symbolism that varies. It is sometimes associated with the night, mystery, aloofness, luck and at the same time associated with bad luck and Witchcraft. They associated it with the Moon and it was sacred to the goddesses. In an Egyptian household, when a dog died the household shaved their entire bodies.
Dogs are emblems of faithfulness and often appeared at the feet of women in the engravings on tombs.