[Ansteorra] History and dogs

[Stefan li Rous]

On May 19, 2008, at 8:55 PM, willowdewisp at juno.com wrote:

> We talked about giving dogs awards in the middle ages some people  
> made one a saint
> willow
>> From a period source St. somebody's words not mine.
> 370. The sixth thing to say is about insulting superstitions, some  
> of which are insulting to God, others to man. The superstitions  
> which attribute divine honors to demons or any other creature  
> insult God. Idolatry is one example, or when wretched women  
> sorcerers seek salvation through the adoration of saddles (sambuca)  
> to which they make offerings, through the condemnation of churches  
> and relics of the saints, through carrying their children to ant- 
> hills or other places in search of healing.


Here is another bit of info about a period dog. I'm not sure if this  
is the same story or not.

Guinefort-art     (16K)  8/30/06    "Guinefort: The Sainted Dog of  
France" by
                                        Mevanwy verch Tuder de  
Courtecadeno.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/ANIMALS/Guinefort-art.html

Stefan
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