Doggie folklore
For those of us who can’t get enough info, stories, stats and other things about dogs, it will be interesting for you to know that there is a great deal of folklore, both British and American about dogs, specifically about black dogs and ghost dogs. One of the most interesting sets of Southern American folklore about dogs can be found at: www.blairpub.com/folklore/ghostdogssouth.htm . I’ll put this in my blog roll, but below is information from the site. The stories are extremely good and I’d recommend the reading for some good dog entertainment. They would perfect going into the Fall when we’ll all be inspired by Halloween and the tales of ghosts and goblins!!!! Enjoy!!!!
“Award-winning husband-and-wife folklorists Randy Russell and Janet Barnett have gone to the dogs. Digging deeply through the rich field of Southern folklore, the authors have discovered that a dog’s devotion to its human does not always end at the grave.
Dogs can be as peculiar as people. Their relationship with humans is complex. In story after story from Southern homes, there is strong evidence that this relationship can extend beyond death.
Do dogs return from the other side to comfort and aid their human companions? You bet your buried bones they do.
In Ghost Dogs of the South, you’ll meet the following:
–A stray dog that warns Kentucky coal miners of impending disaster
–A literary critic of a dog with the gift of speech
–A dog-snatching mermaid on the Mississippi River
–A Tennessee dog that returns year after year to go trick-or-treating
–A pair of Georgia hounds that stumble upon an enchanted woods
–A girl whose pain is eased by the ghost of a butterfly dog
Dog ghosts (dogs that have become ghosts), ghost dogs (humans who return as ghosts in the shape of dogs), dogs that see ghosts, dogs that are afraid of ghosts–all make an appearance in these twenty stories that illuminate the shadow side of man’s best friend.
about the authors
Randy Russell and Janet Barnett previously collaborated on Mountain Ghost Stories and Curious Tales of Western North Carolina and The Granny Curse and Other Ghosts and Legends from East Tennessee. They live on a shaggy dog-dug acre of yard outside Asheville, North Carolina.”
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