Editing Rat (section)

===Asian cultures===
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[[File:5 Rat and bat pendant TT-26.jpg|thumb|Chinese zodiac pendant with 5 rats climbing [[Ruyi (scepter)|ruyi]], bat at top of pendant]]
[[File:Two mice, Viet - Vietnam Museum of Ethnology - Hanoi, Vietnam - DSC02599.JPG|thumb|Two mice, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology - Hanoi]]
[[File:Chuột rước đèn.JPG|thumb|''Chuột rước đèn'' (The mouse carries the lamp), Vietnamese [[Đông Hồ painting]]]]
The rat (sometimes referred to as a mouse) is the first of the twelve animals of the [[Chinese zodiac]]. People born in this year are expected to possess qualities associated with rats, including creativity, intelligence, honesty, generosity, ambition, a quick temper and wastefulness. People born in a year of the rat are said to get along well with "monkeys" and "dragons", and to get along poorly with "horses".
[[File:Rat temple.jpg|thumb|right|Indigenous rats are allowed to run freely throughout the [[Karni Mata Temple]].]]

In Indian tradition, rats are seen as the vehicle of [[Ganesha]], and a rat's statue is always found in a temple of Ganesh. In the northwestern Indian city of [[Deshnoke]], the rats at the [[Karni Mata Temple]] are held to be destined for [[reincarnation]] as [[Sadhu]]s ([[Hindu]] holy men). The attending priests feed milk and grain to the rats, of which the pilgrims also partake.