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rains cats and dogs
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Rains Cats and Dogs
This expression is traceable to two distinct sources--popular superstition and Scandinavian mythology. Witches who rode the storm on broomsticks were believed to have the power of transforming themselves into cats at will, while the dog or wolf is represented as the attendant of Odin, the Storm King of the northern nations.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rains cats and dogs in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rains cats and dogs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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