11/9/2022 0 Comments Mythical fire dogs![]() ![]() While it might generally not be a good idea to walk alone over moors or venture down unlit urban snickleways late at night, you might be even more reluctant to do so after reading these accounts. I’ve selected seven black dog legends to look into. (Image: tardust777)īut how do the antics of this petrifying pooch differ around Britain? Where might the legends of black dogs come from and what dark obsessions deep in the human psyche could they symbolise? How far back does the folklore of these fearsome creatures go? And does the black dog belong in a superstitious past or has anybody glimpsed it in recent decades? Phantom black dogs are rumoured to haunt many parts of Britain. While these manifestations of the black dog archetype have their dissimilarities, they no doubt represent variants of the same haunting presence – the hulking, burning-eyed cur whose apparition has long been dreaded. In different parts of the country, the black dog has different names: Barghest, Gytrash and Padfoot in Yorkshire Moddey Dhoo on the Isle of Man Old Shuck in East Anglia Yeth or Whist Hound in Devon and Gwyllgi – or ‘dog of darkness’ – in Wales. Rowling among those inspired by black dog legends. The beast has worked its way into Britain’s literature, with Emily and Branwell Brontë, Bram Stoker, Arthur Conan Doyle and J.K. The creature is associated with electrical storms and is notorious for haunting crossroads, prisons and the sites of gallows and gibbets. Sometimes the beast is silent at other times packs of black dogs hurtle over moors or fens, barking and howling in a frenzied hunt. Sometimes it merely appears before you ominously at other times it follows or pads around you, sometimes with the sound of dragging chains. Sometimes the dog will attack sometimes glimpsing it foreshadows death or tragedy occasionally – very occasionally – the black dog may be helpful, shepherding lost travellers or guarding people from harm. This creature, or spectre, is an abnormally large black dog with burning red eyes. ![]() A terrifying creature haunts the British psyche, an apparition our ancestors have long feared to meet late at night on quiet lanes, in city alleys or on gloomy isolated moors. ![]()
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