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  2. Category:Mythological dogs - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Roland in Moonlight - Wikipedia

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    Roland in Moonlight is a 2021 autobiographical fairy tale by philosopher and religious studies scholar David Bentley Hart.Following a narrative framework taken from an eventful period of over a decade in the author's real life, the book consists primarily of dialogues with his dog Roland as well as accounts of his fictional great uncle Aloysius Bentley (1895-1987).

  4. Xolotl - Wikipedia

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    The name "Axolotl" comes from Nahuatl, the Aztec language. One translation of the name connects the Axolotl to Xolotl. The most common translation is "water-dog" . "Atl" for water and "Xolotl" for dog. [14] In the Aztec calendar, the ruler of the day, Itzcuintli ("Dog"), is Mictlantecuhtli, the god of death and lord of Mictlan, the afterlife. [15]

  5. David Bentley Hart - Wikipedia

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    David Bentley Hart (born February 20, 1965) is an American fiction author, essayist, cultural commentator, philosopher, religious studies scholar, and theologian. Reviewers have commented on Hart's baroque prose and provocative rhetoric in over one thousand essays, reviews, and papers as well as twenty-four books (including translations).

  6. Sirius (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In Greek and Roman mythology and religion, Sirius (/ ˈ s ɪ r ɪ ə s /, SEE-ree-əss; Ancient Greek: Σείριος, romanized: Seírios, lit. 'scorching' pronounced) is the god and personification of the star Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, the brightest star in the night sky and the most prominent star in the constellation of Canis Major (or the Greater Dog). [1]

  7. Dogs in Mesoamerican folklore and myth - Wikipedia

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    A Jakaltek tale from the Guatemalan Highlands relates how the first dog witnessed the creation of the world and ran everywhere telling everyone the secrets of creation. Hunab' Kuh, the Creator-God, was furious and swapped the dog's head for its tail and its tail for its head. Now, whenever a dog wants to talk and give away its secrets, it ...

  8. Shvana - Wikipedia

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    Shvana (Sanskrit: श्वान, romanized: Śvāna), a Sanskrit word meaning a dog, finds repeated references in Vedic and later Hindu mythology, and such references include the following: The female dog of Indra, a Vedic god, is named Sarama, and it is mentioned in the Rigveda. Its offspring became the watchdogs of Yama, Sharvara and Shyama.

  9. Rats Saw God - Wikipedia

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    The novel's title originates from a student group in the novel, the Grace Order of Dadaists also known by its abbreviated name GOD. This group used American Sign Language in their yearbook photo to spell out the phrase "Dog Was Star" which is the reverse of the phrase "Rats Saw God".