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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
Entities that may be considered cryptids by cryptozoologists include Bigfoot, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Mokele-mbembe . Scholars have noted that the cryptozoology subculture rejected mainstream approaches from an early date, and that adherents often express hostility to mainstream science.
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 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.
However, a more recent 2020 research study found that dogs have their own internal compass, as they can tap into the Earth's magnetic field to 'consult' shortcuts in unknown terrain by orientating ...