Another mythological dog is the three-headed guardian of the underworld, Cerberus. Though feared by the ancient Greeks, J.K. Rowling reimagined the formidable creature to protect the Sorcerer’s ...
Pekingese were bred to resemble the “foo dog,” a mythical guardian lion in China. Beyond looks, the dogs’ ferocity was also valued by those in the Imperial City. Smaller four-to-five-pound ...
So it is perhaps unsurprising that she became a fantasy writer herself and developed a life-long fascination with mythical creatures ... and hobs to ominous black dogs. In Wales she discovered ...