St. Christopher, the Dog-Headed Giant

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I’m having difficulties getting into Chile, so I’m going to start a novena to St. Christopher, the patron Saint of travelers; I’ll also look into developing a devotion to him, as he’s actually a fascinating figure as Jonathan Pageau shows in the video below.

As a side note, while watching this video, I really took notice of his commentary on the Ark of Noah; I remember back when I had reverted to the Faith and downplaying the fact that I was Autistic reading a meditation on Our Lady as the Ark of Noah. The meditation actually really disturbed me because it described ferocious beasts approaching Her and Her petting them and encouraging them to take refuge under Her mantle, I didn’t realize it at the time (because I was repressing it), but that disturbed me because I felt so much like an outcast and monster because I was Autistic.

Living Ark of the Lord, pray for us!
Saints Christopher, Thorlak and James the Greater, pray for us!

 

[Aspychata]

I think my grandmother mentioned him.

 

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I think my grandmother mentioned him.

Apparently Saint Christopher medals for traveling were quite common in the recent past.

 

[Luca]

My religion would be more interesting if it had giant dog-people lol
Reminds me of the Egyptian God, Anubis. They believe Anubis was based on either a jackal, or this type of dog:

Called a "Pharaoh Hound" for a reason. I would love to have one of these dogs someday. I love drawing them.

 

[Aspychata]

My religion would be more interesting if it had giant dog-people lol
Reminds me of the Egyptian God, Anubis. They believe Anubis was based on either a jackal, or this type of dog:

Called a "Pharaoh Hound" for a reason. I would love to have one of these dogs someday. I love drawing them.

Very majestic looking.

 

[SusanLR]

I never knew St. Christopher was a dog-headed deity like Anubis.
I've always been attracted to Anubis.
Very interesting!

 

[Alexej]

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I love this image of Eve and Mary - the mother of Jesus.

 

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My religion would be more interesting if it had giant dog-people lol
Reminds me of the Egyptian God, Anubis. They believe Anubis was based on either a jackal, or this type of dog:

Called a "Pharaoh Hound" for a reason. I would love to have one of these dogs someday. I love drawing them.

Out of curiosity, do you know what kind of dog-breeds they actually had in ancient Egypt?

 

[Luca]

Out of curiosity, do you know what kind of dog-breeds they actually had in ancient Egypt?

The most likely are Pharaoh hound types, Mastiff types, and Saluki types.

 

[SusanLR]

Got me curious. Had to look this up.
The Pharoh hound was around then. Maybe that was what Anubis was fashioned after.

The dog breeds of ancient Egypt were the Basenji, Greyhound, Ibizan, Pharaoh, Saluki, and Whippet and dogs are referenced in the Predynastic Period of Egypt (c. 6000-3150 BCE) through rock carvings.

From World History Encyclopedia

Pets in Ancient Egypt

Pets were very important to the ancient Egyptians and considered gifts from the gods to be cared for until their death when they were expected to be returned to the divine realm from which they had...

www.worldhistory.org

 

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