So far as I can tell, the British Isles - and certain parts of America, like here in the Appalachians - seem to have a monopoly on Black Dogs, from The Hound of the Baskervilles to Black Shuck and the Barghest.
Here's a video on Padfoot, yet another variant on the Black Dog motif.
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Here's a video on Padfoot, yet another variant on the Black Dog motif.
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake