I have recently learned about Tama The Super Stationmaster, a cat who saved a railway. She was a very beloved icon, and on her death 20k people from around Japan came to her funeral to pay their respects. She was enshrined and Deitied, she is now a Kami, and has a Legacy of successors, not just at Kishi Station, but in Okayama as well! She is now a deity of Fortune and Railway Safety. I refer to her as Ressha Nekogami-sama, but her official title now is Tama Daimyojin! As well as Honorary Eternal Stationmaster! She was even Knighted in life!
It is a shame she isn't brought up more in media, she doesn't even have any art of her, I wanna see her in her Spirit Goddess form, not some cliche cat girl goddess, just a small bipedal cat with her usual uniform made into a kimono, and a Hagoromo resembling steam forming around her, as she stands on the station plat form, greeting visitors who don't see her, and watches her Successors with pride as they continue her Legacy! And Nitama, her Chief Priestess and Direct Successor, looks to her, and nods.