I've done a bit of research, but I was wondering what gods or goddesses have dogs as a sacred animal for them? Hekete and maybe Artemis (hunting dogs) and Hermes (shepherd dogs) are the only ones I can think of.
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Maybe Anubis? I'm not really very familiar with the egyptian pantheon, but I think it's kind of interesting that Hermes is connected with dogs and Anubis has a canine head and they both sometimes play a role as a 'psychopump' or 'guide of souls'.
Tried googling it out of curiosity, and I found this site with a bunch of suggestions:
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Artemis and Diana don't really have dogs as sacred animals as much as have them as hunting companions. So it gets sort of iffy as to whether they are sacred animals in that capacity.
Hekate has dogs but that is another that gets iffy in that she has black female puppies that are sacrificed to her but Hellene belief was also that the ghost of people came back in dog form which is why she had ghost dogs that where associated with her. So sort of gets complicated in that were dogs sacrificed to appease the spirits of the dead and her association with the dead and the dead taking the form of dog ghost or dogs in general. Figure dogs also play into the aspect of fertility and birthing due to the ease with which they both conceive and give birth which tied into her role as a fertility goddess along with Artemis and other goddess associated in that capacity.
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Don't know if you've seen it but this talks about the duality of the dog in ancient Rome and Greece. http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol45/sergis.pdfI'm Only Responsible For What I Say Not For What Or How You Understand!
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Nehalennia, goddess of seafarers in northern Europe. A dog is part of her iconography. Many shrines to her have been discovered in Domberg and Walcheren - she was also known as the Steerswoman. Probably where the saying an old sea dog comes from
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Originally posted by SleepingCompass View PostMaybe Anubis? I'm not really very familiar with the egyptian pantheon, but I think it's kind of interesting that Hermes is connected with dogs and Anubis has a canine head and they both sometimes play a role as a 'psychopump' or 'guide of souls'.
Tried googling it out of curiosity, and I found this site with a bunch of suggestions:
http://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/dog-gods
Originally posted by monsno_leedra View PostDon't know if you've seen it but this talks about the duality of the dog in ancient Rome and Greece. http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol45/sergis.pdf
Originally posted by Tylluan Penry View PostNehalennia, goddess of seafarers in northern Europe. A dog is part of her iconography. Many shrines to her have been discovered in Domberg and Walcheren - she was also known as the Steerswoman. Probably where the saying an old sea dog comes from
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Originally posted by habbalah View PostThank you! This is a bit hit or miss (listing a kitsune as a dog, when it's a fox spirit/demon/Japanese word that doesn't quite translate), but it's a good starting point!
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Originally posted by SleepingCompass View PostI saw that too and thought it was a little odd, but I think they included kitsunes since foxes are in the canidae family, just like dogs.
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Originally posted by habbalah View PostI suppose that's true, but I put a space between them in my head. Especially since they brought up Inari, who is specifically a fox god. But, you have a point.
Anyway, sorry about that. Back to dog deities then!
Has anyone mentioned Nodens yet? He seems to be connected with dogs but as with the other Brythonic deities we've little besides a few inscriptions to go on. He seems to also have connections with the sea, so it's interesting that the goddess Tylluan mentioned, Nehalennia, is also associated both with seafaring and with dogs.
I'm still making my way through learning about the Brythonic deities so if I come by any others I'll let you know. I feel sure dogs have appeared on shrines to a few different deities but I'm afraid I don't remember any off the top of my head. I'll check my notes when I'm home in case there's anything there.夕方に急なにわか雨は「夕立」と呼ばれるなら、なぜ朝ににわか雨は「朝立ち」と呼ばれないの? ^^If a sudden rain shower in the evening is referred to as an 'evening stand', then why isn't a shower in the morning called 'morning stand'?
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Originally posted by Lapis_Ram View Post7-ra, "Dog Temple".
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Originally posted by Lapis_Ram View PostThey used to carve little dog figurines with names such as and place them inside walls to ward off the Lamashtu demon.
OT, but as someone who lives in a household that names pets descriptively (occasionally in other languages), I love this. Sometimes I call our dog "Barks fiercely with swinging tail"Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryPagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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Originally posted by thalassa View PostOT, but as someone who lives in a household that names pets descriptively (occasionally in other languages), I love this. Sometimes I call our dog "Barks fiercely with swinging tail"
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