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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 .
Mythological dogs (7 C, 63 P) F. Mythological foxes (2 C, 11 P) W. Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology (8 C, 31 P) Pages in category "Mythological ...
Caladrius ( Roman ) – white bird with healing powers. Chalkydri ( Jewish ) – heavenly creatures of the Sun. Chamrosh ( Persian mythology ) – body of a dog, head & wings of a bird. Cinnamon bird ( Greek ) – greek myth of an arabian bird that builds nests out of cinnamon. Devil Bird (Sri Lankan) – shrieks predicting death.
Goddess Hel and the hellhound Garmr by Johannes Gehrts, 1889. A hellhound is a mythological hound that embodies a guardian or a servant of hell, the devil, or the underworld.. Hellhounds occur in mythologies around the world, with the best-known examples being Cerberus from Greek mythology, Garmr from Norse mythology, the black dogs of English folklore, and the fairy hounds of Celtic mythol
Biruta, the dog in the homonymous short-story by Lygia Fagundes Telles. Bruno Lichtenstein, the dog in the homonymous short-story by Rubem Braga. Toto, Dorothy's dog in The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum. Sharik, the astray dog who undergoes a transformation surgery in Heart of a Dog, by Mikhail Bulgakov.
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
A mythical ghost-monster, equivalent to the bogeyman, found in many Hispanic or Spanish speaking countries. The Cucuy is a male being while Cuca is a female version of the mythical monster. In Portuguese mythology coca is a female dragon that fights with Saint George. She loses her strength when Saint George cuts off one of her ears.
Gelert, a legendary dog associated with the village of Beddgelert, Wales. According to the legend, King Llywelyn returned from hunting angry that his wolfhound, Gelert, had gone missing, only to be greeted joyously by the dog at the front door. The King noticed that Gelert had blood around his mouth but went straight to his infant son's room ...