Canis - Revision history

Bonsall at 10:29, 9 December 2025

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	\|Has Motif=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog; Serpent; Remorse; Children; Evidence; False evidence of unchastity/criminality; Violence; Violent punishment; Misinterpretation		\|Has Motif=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog; Serpent; Remorse; Children; Evidence; False evidence of unchastity/criminality; Violence; Violent punishment; Misinterpretation

Bonsall at 10:44, 24 November 2025

2025-11-24T10:44:47Z

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	\|Has Motif=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog; Serpent; Remorse; Children; Evidence; False evidence of unchastity/criminality; Violence; Violent punishment		\|Has Motif=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog; Serpent; Remorse; Children; Evidence; False evidence of unchastity/criminality; Violence; Violent punishment; Misinterpretation
	\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''		\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''

Bonsall at 15:53, 6 November 2025

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	A man leaves his child alone in the nursery, guarded by his faithful and beloved dog ~~(or, in versions, a mongoose or weasel)~~. A serpent ~~(or, in some later versions, a wolf)~~ enters, and tries to harm the infant, but the dog fights and kills it. In the commotion, the cradle is upturned, hiding the baby beneath it. When the bloody scene is discovered (often by the man's wife, or the child's nurse), the man assumes the dog has killed his child, and kills the dog - only to then discover the baby safely hidden.		A man leaves his child alone in the nursery, guarded by his faithful and beloved dog. A serpent enters the nursery, and tries to harm the infant, but the dog fights and kills it. In the commotion, the cradle is upturned, hiding the baby beneath it. When the bloody scene is discovered (often, in the Western texts, by the man's wife, or the child's nurse), the man assumes the dog has killed his child, and kills the dog - only to then discover the baby safely hidden.


			[Added by Jane Bonsall]
	\|Has Note=Canis is the only story found in [[Dolopathos]], [[The Seven Sages of Rome\|The Seven Sages]], and also 'Eastern' versions of the narrative.		\|Has Note=Canis is the only story found in [[Dolopathos]], [[The Seven Sages of Rome\|The Seven Sages]], and also 'Eastern' versions of the narrative.

Bonsall at 15:34, 14 July 2025

2025-07-14T15:34:17Z

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	\|Has Motif=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog; Serpent; Remorse		\|Has Motif=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog; Serpent; Remorse; Children; Evidence; False evidence of unchastity/criminality; Violence; Violent punishment
	\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''		\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''

Bonsall at 15:33, 14 July 2025

2025-07-14T15:33:06Z

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	\|Has Motif=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog; Serpent; Remorse		\|Has Motif=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog; Serpent; Remorse
	\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''		\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''

	A man leaves his child alone in the nursery, guarded by his faithful and beloved dog. A serpent (or, in some versions, a wolf) enters, and tries to harm the infant, but the dog fights and kills it. In the commotion, the cradle is upturned, hiding the baby beneath it. When the bloody scene is discovered (often by the man's wife, or the child's nurse), the man assumes the dog has killed his child, and kills the dog - only to then discover the baby safely hidden.		A man leaves his child alone in the nursery, guarded by his faithful and beloved dog (or, in versions, a mongoose or weasel). A serpent (or, in some later versions, a wolf) enters, and tries to harm the infant, but the dog fights and kills it. In the commotion, the cradle is upturned, hiding the baby beneath it. When the bloody scene is discovered (often by the man's wife, or the child's nurse), the man assumes the dog has killed his child, and kills the dog - only to then discover the baby safely hidden.
	\|Has Note=Canis is the only story found in [[Dolopathos]], [[The Seven Sages of Rome\|The Seven Sages]], and also 'Eastern' versions of the narrative.		\|Has Note=Canis is the only story found in [[Dolopathos]], [[The Seven Sages of Rome\|The Seven Sages]], and also 'Eastern' versions of the narrative.

			[[Gadsden (2020)]] notes that the Welsh version of the text, in a departure from its parent texts, leaves out the baby's nurses, likely in order to avoid confusing the text with a similar narrative found in ''Pwyll,'' a story from the First Branch of the Mabinogion. In ''Pwyll,'' the nurses discover that the child is missing, fear they will be punished, and then kill a hunting dog's pup and smear its blood on the sleeping queen Rhiannon, accusing her of murdering her child. The connections to [[Cygni]] and similar accused queen stories are apparent.

	Nishimura catalogues extensive analogues, motifs, and references to this story:		Nishimura catalogues extensive analogues, motifs, and references to this story:

Bonsall at 15:16, 18 June 2025

2025-06-18T15:16:59Z

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	\|Has Motif=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog; Serpent		\|Has Motif=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog; Serpent; Remorse
	\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''		\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''

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2025-03-04T19:13:10Z

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	\|Has ~~Content Tag~~=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog; Serpent		\|Has Motif=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog; Serpent
	\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''		\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''

Bonsall at 16:48, 20 January 2025

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	\|Has Content Tag=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog		\|Has Content Tag=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog; Serpent
	\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''		\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''

Bonsall at 23:06, 17 December 2024

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	\|Has Content Tag=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships		\|Has Content Tag=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships; Dog
	\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''		\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''

Bonsall at 22:47, 17 December 2024

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	\|Has Content Tag=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships		\|Has Content Tag=Animal tale; Lesson: haste; Lesson: loyalty; Familial relationships; Father/son relationships
	\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''		\|Has Summary='''The Faithful Dog'''