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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 .
The gwyllgi (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡwɪɬɡi]; compound noun of either gwyllt "wild" or gwyll "twilight" + ci "dog" [1]) is a mythical dog from Wales that appears as a frightful apparition of a mastiff or Black Wolf (similar to a Dire wolf) with baleful breath and blazing red eyes. [2] It is the Welsh incarnation of the black dog figure of ...
In folklore, the Michigan Dogman was a creature allegedly witnessed in 1887 in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.It was described as a seven-foot tall, blue-eyed, or amber-eyed bipedal canine-like animal with the torso of a man and a fearsome howl that sounds like a human scream.
The black dog is a supernatural, spectral, or demonic hellhound originating from English folklore, and also present in folklore throughout Europe and the Americas. It is usually unnaturally large with glowing red or yellow eyes, is often connected with the Devil (as an English incarnation of the hellhound), and is sometimes an omen of death. [ 1 ]
In mythology, dogs often serve as pets or as watchdogs. [2] Stories of dogs guarding the gates of the underworld recur throughout Indo-European mythologies [3] [4] and may originate from Proto-Indo-European religion. [3] [4] Historian Julien d'Huy has suggested three narrative lines related to dogs in mythology. [5]
The stories relating to the three princes of Iorúaithe and their wonder-dog in the Acallam na Senórach (The Colloquy of the Ancients) are closely summarized by A. G. van Hamel. [63] And van Hamel has noted that gaps in the story of the hound in The Colloquy can be filled with the use of the Fenian ballad, [ 15 ] as well as noting connections ...
Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology (7 C, 31 P) Pages in category "Mythological canines" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
Bran and Sceólang ("raven" and "survivor" [1]) are the hounds of Fionn mac Cumhaill in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.. The dogs are described as being mostly white, with purple haunches, a crimson tail, blue feet, and standing as tall as Fionn's shoulder. [2]