Yeth hound

Yeth hound

The yeth hound, also called the yell hound is a Black dog found in Devon folklore. According to Brewer's "Dictionary of Phrase and Fable", the yeth hound is a headless dog, said to be the spirit of an unbaptised child, which rambles through the woods at night making wailing noises. The yeth hound is also mentioned in "The Denham Tracts". The yeth hound also eats babies.

It is the inspiration for the ghost dog in the "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle where it was described as "an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen" - with fire in his eyes and breath (Hausman 1997:47).

References

*Brewer. "Dictionary of Phrase and Fable", Brewer.
*Hausmen, Gerald and Loretta. "The Mythology of Dogs: Canine Legend". St. Martin's Press 1997 ISBN 0312181396, p. 47. [http://books.google.com/books?id=EK7pC-LqZjYC&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=%22yeth+hound%22+mythology&source=web&ots=pTNOUXaTe6&sig=8SsYHncA2rrbtL9QRw0bm4xEumk]


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