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This is a list of dogs from mythology, including dogs, beings who manifest themselves as dogs, beings whose anatomy includes dog parts, and so on. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mythological dogs .
Hero System Bestiary is a compilation of creatures designed for use with Hero System role-playing game rules. [1] It is presented in the form of a bestiary and was published in 2002 for the 5th edition of the Hero System. The cover is made of thick paper and illustrated in color, while the interior consists of 239 pages illustrated in black and ...
Mythological dogs (8 C, 64 P) F. Mythological foxes (2 C, 12 P) W. Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology (7 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Mythological canines"
Sigbin – is a creature in Philippine mythology (Philippines) Sky Fox (mythology), a celestial nine-tailed Fox Spirit that is 1,000 years old and has golden fur (Chinese) Shug Monkey – dog/monkey creature found in Cambridgeshire (Britain) Tanuki – Japanese raccoon dog, legends claim is a shapeshifting trickster (Japan)
Alphyn – Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs. Alp-luachra – Parasitic fairy. Al Rakim – Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers. Alseid – Grove nymph. Alû – Leprous demon. Alux – Little people. Amaburakosagi – Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku.
It has the color of a lioness and tiger combined, and the general appearance of those animals, as also of a dog and fox, curiously blended." [5] Later bestiaries of the Middle Ages confounded these various accounts, so that one finds the largely mythical creature given differing names and various characteristics, real and imaginary.
The following is a list of lists of legendary creatures, beings and entities from the folklore record. Entries consist of legendary and unique creatures , not of particularly unique individuals of a commonly known species.
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 ...