User:Cherryfly/Hellhound
improve formatting and add pictures
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potentially clear up formatting by underlining/enlarging the continents they are speaking about? For example...
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Latin America[edit][edit]
Black hellhounds with fiery eyes are reported throughout Latin America from Mexico to Argentina under a variety of names including the Perro Negro (Spanish for black dog), Nahual (Mexico), Huay Chivo, and Huay Pek (Mexico) – alternatively spelled Uay/Way/Waay Chivo/Pek, Cadejo (Central America), the dog Familiar (Argentina) and the Lobizon (Paraguay and Argentina). They are usually said to be either incarnations of the Devil or a shape-changing sorcerer.
United States[edit][edit]
The legend of a hellhound has persisted in Meriden, Connecticut, since the 19th century. The dog is said to haunt the Hanging Hills, a series of rock ridg
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In Greek mythology, Cerberus, often referred to as the hound of Hades, is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. He was the offspring of the monsters Echidna and Typhon and was usually described as having three heads, a serpent for a tail, and snakes protruding from multiple parts of his body.[1]
- ^ Bloomfield, Maurice (1904). "Cerberus, the Dog of Hades". The Monist. 14 (4): 523–540. ISSN 0026-9662.
In Hinduism, Yama, the lord of death, has two dogs who guard the underworld. Their names are Śārvara and Śyāma. The Nepali festival of Kukur Tihar, which brings dogs into temples to honor and consecrate them, is associated with this myth of Lord Yama and his two dogs.[1]
- ^ Marak, Queenbala; Chaudhuri, Sarit K. (2020-02-28). The Cultural Heritage of Meghalaya. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-07182-5.
In Norse mythology, Garmr or Garm (Old Norse for "rag") is a wolf or dog associated with both the Goddess Hel and Ragnarök and described as a blood-stained guardian of Hel's gate.[1]