Humans have always told stories about our dogs — and these tales can offer clues to the mystery of dog domestication, according to mythologist Julien_d_Huy
That’s where storytelling can help, says historian Julien d’Huy of the College of France in Paris. Our penchant for mythologizing canine companions may be just as ancient as our relationship with them, so d’Huy is turning to these stories in a bid to shed more light on the history of dog domestication.is unreliable because stories change quickly .
“With mythology, we can have explanations of archaeology, we can have reasons for domestication, we can test hypotheses,” he says. A painting of a dog represents the constellation Canis Major — and its brilliant star Sirius — in this 13th century watercolor by Persian cosmographer Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini. The great dog, also known as al-Kalib al-Akbar, shares the page with the constellations Eridanus , the river, and Lepus , the hare.
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