The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26
DOG LORE.
An Animal Figuring i'm the Legends
of All Human Races.

The folklore of England. Ireland and
Wa4es is full Of stories in which he'll dogs
pursue men and beasts. though they diff
fered in appearance. according 10 the cOun-
try, but all Were Of great size and strong
beyond nature. Their eyes shot flames,
and their mouths emitted fire that scorched
al approaching them, though they could
be routed by a call on the deity or by the
pursued turning on them with a cross or
the sign Of one.
In Wales they We're usually mastiffs with
out tails. while in England they moved
In packs and rasembed hunting hounds
In Charles Reads Put Youse.f In His
Pace" the author makes reference 10 the
popular belief in the mysterious pack
known a. the Gabriel hounds. which flew
through the air in ful- cry. presaging dis
aster and answering, especially 10 noble
families, the purpose of the Irish banshee
IN foretelling the deaths OF members. In
Holland there is legend that death is a.
WAYS preceded by pale dog that runs,
smiling the ground for a spot to dig the
victims grave. Il was this idea that gave
rise TO the ancient dislike to a white dog
in that country. and if one of that color
was seen near a graveyard 1t was put to
death with a silver bu-et. over which a
prayer had been said.
In India a great god has a dogs head,
and the dog star (Sirius) is so called from
the Egyptians thinking it gave notice, be-
INK par NlGuldI4l CONSPICUOUS III LlAL sea-
son of the year, Of the rising of the Me.
as a dog might the approach Of danger.
The Laplanders gave the bear the name
of the dog OF Cod" and the Norwegians
declare that it has the strength of ten
men and the cunning of Twelve.
In oriental religion the noble youths who
slept 309 years were guarded in their
cavern by dog that neither ate, drank
nor slumbered during the period of it's
vigil, and for its fidelity was given a
place in paradise by MChammed. whose
own dog enjoyed a similar honor. To
geogra piers are known many islands
called after dogs, among which the best
known are the isle Of Dogs, found in the
Thames; the Dog island. in the Malayan
archipelago, and West Dog lying near
the island of the Virgin, or St. Thomas
There is a curious legend connected
with an island on the coast of Kamchatlxa.
which is known as the island Of the Talk
ing Dogs. In prehistoric times. so the in
habitants will tell you, the natives of the
mainland did not employ dogs to perform
any mental labor. but lived with them on
terms of equality and drew their sledS
themselves, caught their own game and
hunted the walrus alone. The dogs, which
were gifted with speech, grew naughty
and tried to assume dominion over the
men, when the latter, awaking to the dan
ger. overthrow the animals, attempting to
enslave them. This induced the dogs TO
abandon the mainland and establish a
colony on the island referred to. but the
game here becoming scarce from the anger
of the gods they turned cannibals at last,
and soon they were all killed except seven.
which survived Of all the many which had
rebelled.
Then the Kamchatkans sailed over to
the island. which they had not dared mo-
lest before. and attempted to persuade the
dogs to return to them, but they refused
to comply with the request, asking:
What people are you? We have no
knowledge of YOU And in punishment
for this denial the dog god took away
their gift of speech, leaving only the bark
and whine. when they were easily subju-
gated by the men.-Phiadelphia Times.