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    importance in the cultures and religions of many nomadic peoples, such as those of the Eurasian steppe and North American Plains. Wolves have sometimes...
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    "Dog Shōgun") Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology Gross, Aaron S. (December 31, 2014). The Question of the Animal and Religion. doi:10.7312/gros16750...
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    Raijū (section Mythology)
    Dogs in religion Inugami Yama-Inu (also see the Japanese wolf). The 'Thunder Card', from CardCaptor Sakura. Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology Evans...
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    is a sacred animal and national symbol in Turkic mythology. The wolf Ashina (Kökböri) is part of the origin story of all Turkic and Mongolian tribes. The...
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    Berserker (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    displayed in the armilustrium in Rome. Frenzy warriors wearing the skins of wolves called Ulfheðnar ("Wolf-Coats"; singular Ulfheðinn), are mentioned in the...
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    across their backs. When in such a pose, wolves are referred to as being ravissant. Wolves are also common in German heraldry. The town of Passau (Bavaria)...
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    Asena (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    List of wolves Grey wolf (mythology) Tiele people, whose progenitors were a gray he-wolf and a Xiongnu princess She-wolf (Roman mythology), a similar...
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    Augenbrand Beast of Bodmin Moor Dogs in religion Fenrir Qiqirn Warg Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology Simpson & Roud 2003, p. 25. Westwood &...
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    Little Red Riding Hood (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    rescued alive from the belly of Lamia, an ogress in classical mythology. The dialogue between the wolf and Little Red Riding Hood has analogies to the Norse...
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    Anubis (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    ISBN 978-90-04-04917-8. Media related to Anubis at Wikimedia Commons The dictionary definition of Anubis at Wiktionary Portals:  Ancient Egypt  Mythology  Religion...
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  • wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, 'The one I feed the most.'" Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology "Which wolf are you feeding? - Salisbury...
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    Homo homini lupus (category Metaphors referring to wolves)
    List of Latin phrases Wolf in sheep's clothing Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology Homo homini lupus, National Gallery in Prague Titus Maccius Plautus...
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  • Akhlut (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    In Inuit folklore, the kăk-whăn’-û-ghăt kǐg-û-lu’-nǐk or akh’lut is an orca-like composite animal that takes the form of a wolf when on land, and is sometimes...
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    Lupercalia (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    Hirpi Sorani ("wolves of Soranus", from Sabine hirpus "wolf"), who practiced at Mt. Soracte, 45 km (28 mi) north of Rome, had elements in common with the...
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  • Śuri (redirect from Soranus (mythology))
    thunder gods. His sacred animals were wolves and goats. Śuri had many epithets, among them Calu, Manth, Rath, Usil and Vetis, but also Greco-Roman epithets...
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    210 in the Perry Index. From it is derived the English idiom "to cry wolf", defined as "to give a false alarm" in Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable...
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  • Wolf of Gubbio (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    Order of Friars Minor Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology Wikimedia Commons has media related to Francis of Assisi and the Wolf of Gubbio. Hudleston...
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    Wolf and the Seven Young Goats" (German: Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein) is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Grimm's...
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  • Amarok (wolf) (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    gigantic wolf in Inuit religion, said to stalk and devour any person foolish enough to hunt alone at night. Unlike wolves who hunt in packs, amaroks...
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    Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology and stemming from Proto-Germanic folklore, Norse...
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    Iron Wolf (character) (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    settled in for the night. He fell soundly asleep and dreamed of a huge Iron Wolf standing on top a hill and howling as strong and loud as a hundred wolves. Upon...
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    Marchosias (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    size and intelligence. In Myriad Colors Phantom World, Marchosias is a phantom that the main character summons to combat other phantoms. Religion portal...
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    Capitoline Wolf (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus is a symbol of Rome since ancient times, and one of the most recognizable icons of ancient mythology. The sculpture has been...
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  • Chechen wolf (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    to the Chechen people in a poetic or metaphoric sense, e.g. as being "free and equal like wolves", or representing "courage and tenacity", compared to...
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  • preserved in folklore. It was also thought that the ancient religion, forgotten during 700 years of oppression, could be reconstructed. However, folklore sources...
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    Wolf of Ansbach (category Individual wolves)
    Kobell and other writers wrote poems about the wolf and its actions. List of wolf attacks List of wolves Wolf hunting Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology...
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  • The mythologies in present-day France encompass the mythology of the Gauls, Franks, Normans, Bretons, and other peoples living in France, those ancient...
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  • This is a list of giants and giantesses from mythology and folklore; it does not include giants from modern fantasy fiction or role-playing games (for...
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  • Amaguq (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    Inuit mythology Amaguq is a trickster and wolf spirit, able to shape-shift. Amaguq is the Iñupiaq word for wolf. Byghan, Yowann (2020-03-31). Sacred and Mythological...
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  • Gonakadet (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
    have been inspired by Vancouver coastal sea wolves, which are found in the Great Bear Rainforest and in northern Vancouver Island, within the Pacific...
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