Other Asian Black Dogs

=== India ===
* The Mahākanha Jātaka of the Buddhist Pali Canon includes a story about a black dog named Mahākanha (Pali; lit. "Great black"). Led by the god Śakra in the guise of a forester, Mahākanha scares unrighteous people toward righteousness so that fewer people will be reborn in hell. His appearance portends the moral degeneration of the human world, when monks and nuns do not behave as they should and humanity has gone astray from ethical livelihood.
=== Arabia ===
* Jinn, although not necesarily evil, but often thought of as malevolent entities, are thought to use black dogs as their mounts. The negative depiction of dogs probably derives from their close association with "eating the dead" (relieshing bones) and digging out graves. The jinn likewise are often said to roam around graveyards and eating corpses. These characteristics relates them to each other.
Category:Black Dog (Ghost)