1) Legendary mammal 
In Greek mythology, Galanthis or Galinthias was the woman who interrupted with Hera`s plan to hinder the birth of Heracles in favor of Eurystheus, and was changed into a weasel or cat as punishment for being so insolent as to deceive the goddesses of birth that were acting on Hera`s behalf. In the version followed by Ovid in Metamorphoses, Galan.....