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The dog was sacred to Ormazd (cf. its part in the Cyrus legend c. 107 n.); there are rules for the care of bitches in pup in Farg. 15, iv. 176 seq. On the other hand, it was a meritorious act to kill the creatures of Ahriman (ib. 166). Other creatures also were sacred to Ormazd, e.g. the ‘water dog’ (otter), and the ‘prickly dog’ (hedgehog), because it killed so many of the creeping things of Ahriman.

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