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The phenomenon of inugami spiritual possession was a kojutsu (also called "kodÅ" or "kodoku", a greatly feared ritual for employing the spirits of certain animals) that was already banned in the Heian period that was thought to have spread throughout the population, and it was known to involve cutting off the head of a starving dog and burying the dog at a crossroads to inflame its grudges as ...
Qiqirn is a large, bald dog spirit in Inuit mythology, from around the area of Baffin Island. It has hair only on its feet, mouth and the tips of its ears and tail. Its presence will send men and dogs into convulsions, sometimes fatal. However, it is frightened of humans and will run away if an angakkuq sees it. [1]
The Aztec day sign Itzcuintli (dog) from the Codex Laud. Dogs have occupied a powerful place in Mesoamerican folklore and myth since at least the Classic Period right through to modern times. [1] A common belief across the Mesoamerican region is that a dog carries the newly deceased across a body of water in the afterlife.
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But one special day that many have begun to celebrate in earnest is that the night of October 27—last night—is the day when the spirits of our deceased pets come to visit.
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Among those killed were the cabin boy and his black dog, and the spirit of this black dog supposedly roams the beaches and pines searching for his owner. [ 104 ] From sparsely populated central Delaware (specifically the towns of Frederica and Felton ) comes the myth of the Fence Rail Dog, said to be a ghost that is as tall as a fence and races ...
Penghou – tree spirit that appears like a black dog and tastes like dog-meat (Chinese) Psoglav - (Bosnia) humanoid monster with dog's head, horse's legs, one eye and iron teeth. Salawa – the "Typhonian Animal," a slender, vaguely canine-animal that is the totemic animal of Set