In the beginning, Nui cared for all of the cats since they were her children. The nursery of cats was a large building in the underworld that housed many of them, with many cats growing up to become wet-nurses who continued on the cycle of caring for the next generations of cats. This went on until one day the god of the moon became fascinated with the animals, and disguised himself as a baby cat to go and spend time with them. However he was caught, and ridiculed for pretending to be a baby cat in a nursery. The incident started a rumor that eventually reached humanity, and they began asking about these animals.

Humanity began begging Nui to see the cats. They said to Nui “We will give you solid gold and diamonds in exchange for cats, and we promise to take good care of them as if they are our own children.” Nui was hesitant, but eventually the nursery grew overpopulated and the goddess Nui had no choice but to share the gift of cats with Humanity. She dropped them off in Kemet, where they were worshiped as gods, and they spread around the entire world afterwards.