The old board had some of the only research on the cult of Penew Nekhet on the clear web. It would be a shame to ignore that topic on our new board.
This is a good intro article about the "mouse cult":
The Cult of Penew-Nekhet: an overviewThe story of Disneyland begins in ancient Egypt, with the Cult of Penew-Nekhet, or the All-conquering Mouse. While animal cults such as that of Apis the bull at Heliopolis date back six thousand years to the predynastic period, that of Penew-Nekhet appears to be comparatively recent. While it may have been operating clandestinely for some time beforehand, its existence is first documented during the reign of Amenemhat II around 1923 BCE. In contrast to other Egyptian animal religions, the Cult was not demotic in character: public ceremonies were rare, with carvings attesting to only one: a monument to Sobekneferu at Gezer records among her few achievements during her three-year reign the ‘inauguration of the games of the Mouse.’Instead its practitioners were drawn almost entirely from the aristocratic nomarch-class, with rites performed in secret in their provincial estates. The Cult was also unique in that the archaeological record gives no indication that ritual burials and mummification of mice ever took place: rather, Cultists would adorn the inside of their houses with imagery of mice shown enjoying positions of luxury, often being waited on by cats, as in the ostrakon above. That no mouse-related imagery has been found on the outside of palaces or funerary complexes attests to the shifting nature of the relationship between the nomes and Pharaonic power during the Middle Kingdom: at times the Cult was tolerated or endorsed, as was the case under Sobekneferu; at times it was suppressed – whatever the political situation, its practitioners did their utmost to conceal their secret religion.
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The mouse cult is the reason mice are incorporated into our global culture.
Mickey Mouse, Mighty Mouse, Stuart Little, The Rescuers, Cinderella's mice, Ratatouille, etc.
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LoginTop 100 Cat-and-Mouse MoviesA cat and mouse game movie based in behavior theory that is like the way a cat chases a mouse or plays with a mouse before killing it or to deceive and control other people, to avoid being caught, etc.
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LoginThere's also mice in art, such as banksy's piece here:

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LoginIn the old thread, Nick mentioned that before this cult was prevelant, Set was highly worshipped in Egypt. Then Horus worship took his place.