TY  - BOOK
AU  - White, David Gordon
TI  - Myths of the dog-man
SN  - 0-226-89509-2
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Chicago; London
PB  - Univ. of Chicago Press
KW  - Dogs--Mythology
KW  - FAST
KW  - Dogs--Religious aspects
KW  - Symbolism of Dog
N1  - Foreword by Wendy Doniger.  Orig. presented as the author's Ph.D thesis, 'The other gives rise to self,' Univ. of Chicago, 1988; Ch. 1  Hell is other people. Ch. 2  The cynocephalic saint. Ch. 3  The cynocephalic hordes. Ch. 4  Visvamitra and the dog-cookers. Ch. 5  Dog-cookers and other borderline cases in ancient and medieval India. Ch. 6  Central Asia:  the vortex of cynanthropy. Ch. 7  Chinese dog-man traditions:  P'an Hu and the Ch'uan Jung. Ch. 8  Barbarians in ancient China. Ch. 9  Facing up to other people
N2  - 'This wide-ranging and original study examines the mythology of the dog and, in particular, of the Dog-Man, a monster formed by the joining of canine and human.'
ER  -