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The Glooscap tales are legends of the Eastern Algonquin nations of the Wabanaki Confederacy – the Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Wolastoqiyik – featuring the supernatural entity Glooscap, who is depicted sometimes as a god...

Pubs remain a prominent feature of the rural and urban landscapes of Britain, but their names very often date back to medieval times. Red lions, white horses, and colourful characters peer from pub signs as landlords choose names to represent...

A Story of Faith is a legend of the Pawnee nation similar in theme to The Boy Who Was Sacrificed and featuring the same sacred animals – the Nahu'rac – who serve Ti-ra'wa ("Father Above") from their homes in five mystical places. This story...

Statue of a dog holding a cob of maize (corn) in its mouth, from Colima, Mexico, c. 100 BCE to 300 CE. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City.

Ceramic sculpture of a snarling dog. Associated with the Comala people. Colima, Mexico. c. 200 BCE-300 CE. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Red slip effigy of a dog. Made in Colima, Mexico, 100 BCE-300 CE. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

Ceramic Mesoamerican canine vessel from South-Central Veracruz, Mexico, c. 600 to c. 900. This open ceramic bowl from the Veracruz Late Classic period features a mould-made effigy of a canine resembling a xoloitzcuintle, a wrinkly, hairless...

Ceramic sculpture of a reclining dog. Associated with the Comala people. Colima, Mexico. c. 200 BCE-300 CE. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Earthenware effigy of a dog from Colima, Mexico, c. 100 BCE to 300 CE. Walters Art Museum, Balitmore.

Knights were the most-feared and best-protected warriors on the medieval battlefield, while off it, they were amongst the most fashionably dressed and best-mannered members of society. To reach this elevated position, however, became more...