2026-08-31 18:04 UTC
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social Is this dog breed over-represented in German folklore?!
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@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social 2026-08-31 18:12
@hellhound@mementomori.social Yup. They had a iconic appearance, and as hunting dogs were generally considered suspect by the peasantry. Goethe didn't come up with the notion of the Devil appearing as a poodle, he just popularized it. If the breed of some supernatural dog is mentioned at all, then in most cases they were a poodle.