Dogs in religion

thumb|right|Heracles, wearing his characteristic lion-skin, club in right hand, leash in left, presenting a three-headed Cerberus, snakes coiling from his snouts, necks and front paws, to a frightened [[Eurystheus hiding in a giant pot. Caeretan hydria (c. 530 BC) from Caere (Louvre E701)]]

thumb|upright=1.25|Surah Al-Kahf copied by Ottoman Empire|Ottoman calligrapher Kadı Mahmud Efendi (d. 1575). [[Muhaqqaq, thuluth and reqa script. Sakıp Sabancı Museum]] upright=1.25|thumb|Central illumination of the Royal Terengganu Quran dated 1871. According to Malay tradition Al-Kahf verse 19 is accepted as the centre word of the Quran and Malay Qurans are often decorated in this place. [[Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia]]

saint in the Catholic and Orthodox church

story in Christian folklore and the Qur'an

Christian saint

sign of Chinese zodiac

1989 animated film directed by Don Bluth

thumb|Goddess Hel (being)|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 mythology. Physical characteristics vary, but they are commonly black, anomalously overgrown, supernaturally strong, and often have red eyes or are accompanied by flames. The behaviors of a He

thumb|"Inugami" from the Hyakkai Zukan by [[Sawaki Suushi]] upright|thumb|"Inugami" from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Sekien Toriyama. The one on the bottom-left that looks like a child is a "shirachigo" (白児, "white infant") that was either the inugami's pupil or the yōkai child of a disabled person.]] thumb|Inugami (犬神) from Bakemono no e (化物之繪, c. 1700), Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese Books and Manuscripts, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, [[Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. |alt=]]

legendary figure

overview of the role and status of dogs in religion

mythical creature

mythical churchyard-guardian spirit-animal

mythical creature

Burial ground for dogs in Ashkelon