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The British legend of the ghostly black dog has appeared many times in popular culture. == General references == *One of the most famous black dogs in fiction is the Hound of the Baskervilles from the book of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the book, the villain uses the long-standing legend of a ghostly dog that haunts the Baskerville family in his plan to murder them. *In Russell Hoban's novel ''Riddley Walker'' (1980), Riddley's post-apocalyptic quest is initiated by a dog sacrifice and a folktale, "Why the Dog Won't Show its Eyes." Death dogs are important in the "Eusa" story that guides Riddley's quest, as is a companion black dog later in the quest. *In ''Welcome To The Jungle'' The First Dresden Files graphic novel, a Black Dog in summoned to hunt down and kill Harry. *In ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' by J.K. Rowling, Harry comes across what he believes is a Grim. He is told that it is a powerful omen of death. Actually it is his god-father, Sirius Black, whose nickname is "Padfoot", and whose Animagus form is the huge black dog seen by Harry. * In the Patrick Swayze trucker movie ''Black Dog'', the legend is updated for the motorized 20th century as a beast that is seen "when you've been on the road too long and pushing too hard. When you get greedy, it comes to take everything away from you." *In Goethe's ''Faust'', the Devil Mephistopheles first appears to Faust in the form of a black poodle which follows him home through a field. *In ''Supernatural'' episode 2 "Wendigo" they mention the possibility of a black dog being the creature that is killing campers. The two later encounter hellhounds which appear as black dogs to those they hunt, but remain invisible to all others. * The Moddey Dhoo is one of the many psychopomp "guides" to appear in the webcomic ''Gunnerkrigg Court''. *In ''Black Dogs'' by novelist Ian McEwan, a character encounters two black dogs that she believes to be evil incarnate. *Dracula transforms into a black dog to leap from the boat to land when he arrives in Whitby. *In the movie No Country for Old Men the main character, Llewelyn Moss, comes across a stray black dog immediately before running into a botched heroin deal. *In the book ''Treasure Island'' by Robert Louis Stevenson one of the pirates is called Black Dog. He is the first to threaten and harass Billy Bones. As soon as the unwelcome visitor is gone, Bones suffers a stroke. Also Jim Hawkins' father dies shortly after Black Dog's visit. *In the movie ''The Omen'', the Antichrist is guarded and protected by black dogs. *The video game ''Devil May Cry'' has an enemy similar to black dogs, they are called Shadows. *In Susan Krinard's 'Lady Olivia Dowling' mystery series one of the main protagonists is a 'were'-Black Dog (Kit/Old Schuck). *In Eva Ibbotson's 1975 children's book ''The Great Ghost Rescue'' the main character, Humphrey the Horrible, rescues a neglected, stray Black Shuck. *It's possible that the werewolves of An American Werewolf in London were based the stories of Black Dogs, because both monsters were portrayed as four-legged beasts and were in the description of "rabid dog" and "some sort of mad dog". *In Alan Moore's 1996 novel ''Voice of the Fire'', characters throughout Northampton, England's history encounter black dogs (in one case, identified as a "shagfoal"). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black dog ghosts in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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