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* Dogs are frequently linked with death in mythology. In European folklore, a dog howling at night was said to mean someone was about to die, the hounds of Annwn brought a person to paradise, and the Egyptian Anubis had a jackal's head.
* [[Aztec Mythology|Aztec]]: Xolotl, a spiritual companion/avatar of Quetzalcoatl
* [[Irish Mythology|Celtic/Irish]]: In the original mythology, hearing the cry of a Banshee meant that someone who heard it was going to die. It wasn't until [[Dungeons
** The ''Cyhyraeth'' fulfilled a similar role in Welsh mythology.
* Celtic/Irish: The [[Headless Horseman|Dullahan]], though actually a member of [[The Fair Folk|the Unseelie court]], hurls blood in the face of those mortals he encounters as a sign that death will claim them soon. Sometimes he is said to come driving a hearse (a black coach with candles mounted in skulls for light, human thigh bones for spokes and a human spine to hold up the worm-eaten pall) drawn by six headless horses, with or without a banshee at his side.
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