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  2. Black dog (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    This story makes use of folktales where black dogs symbolize death. [citation needed] Another famous ghostly black dog may be found in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series: the "Grim", a "giant, spectral dog that haunts churchyards" [108] is "the worst omen of death" [108] according to Harry Potter's divination teacher, Professor Trelawney.

  3. Dogs in religion - Wikipedia

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    The killing of a dog ("a shepherd's dog, or a house-dog, or a Vohunazga [i.e. stray] dog, or a trained dog") is considered to lead to damnation in the afterlife. [53] A homeowner is required to take care of a pregnant dog that lies near his home at least until the puppies are born (and in some cases until the puppies are old enough to take care ...

  4. Cultural depictions of dogs - Wikipedia

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    A dog, when included in an allegorical painting, portrays the attribute of fidelity personified. [12] In a portrait of a married couple, a dog placed in a woman's lap or at her feet can represent marital fidelity. If the portrait is of a widow, a dog can represent her continuing faithfulness to the memory of her late husband. [11]

  5. The Dog in the Manger - Wikipedia

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    The fable does not appear in any of the traditional collections of Aesop's Fables and is not attributed to him until Heinrich Steinhowel's Esopus (c. 1476). There it is titled "Of the envious dog" (de cane invido) and illustrates a moral proposition: "People frequently begrudge something to others that they themselves cannot enjoy. Even though ...

  6. Baku (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Before its adaptation to the Japanese dream-caretaker myth creature, an early 17th-century Japanese manuscript, the Sankai Ibutsu (山海異物), describes the baku as a shy, Chinese mythical chimera with the trunk and tusks of an elephant, the ears of a rhinoceros, the tail of a cow, the body of a bear and the paws of a tiger, which protected ...

  7. What Does "The Black Dog" Mean? Decoding Taylor Swift's ... - AOL

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    📲| “The ‘black dog’ metaphor can represent the gradual overtaking of enjoyable activities you once loved, the person you once recognized in the mirror, or the life you once lived.” pic ...

  8. Argos (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Argos is a major aspect of the "watchdog motif" found throughout the Odyssey, where watchdogs are used as symbols for something else; Argos represents the dilapidation of Odysseus's oikos. Elements of Argos's story echo, sometimes word for word, parts of the poem related to Odysseus's son Telemachus.

  9. Story behind heartbreaking dog meme will make you cry ... - AOL

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    The comic, which was published by Ubertool, features a dog thanking its owner for the love it has been given in its life before being put down. Story behind heartbreaking dog meme will make you ...