What Does a Howling Dog Mean?
What Does a Howling Dog Mean?
A superstition that most people have likely heard at some point in their life due to its popularity involves the dog’s howl and the death of a sick person. The superstition supposedly originated in Egypt.
The belief of this superstition is also noted by the Romans and Greeks as well as the Hebrews and possibly others. Whilst each of these was believers of the superstition some of them were known to have different interpretations of what the dog’s howl actually indicated.
Most believers accepted the notion that a dog’s howl heard near the home of a sick person indicated that the person would die soon, however, the Romans believed that the dog’s howl was an indication that something evil would occur that would result in death.
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A few historical events that are supposedly related to this superstition have been noted.
The Egyptians were likely made aware of this superstition and accepted it as a fact due to the appearance of Sirius (known as the Dog-Star) directly prior to the flood caused by the Nile River in Egypt.
It is also likely that after the Egyptians accepted this superstition into their culture that it spread from that to the other areas.
The Romans may have accepted this due to the howling of dogs noted just prior to Caesar being killed.
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