تقديس الكلب في معتقدات الشرق الأدنى القديم : بلاد الرافدين و وادي النيل أنموذجا

Abstract EN

Dogs in the two civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Nile Valley enjoy a kind of sanctification that reached the point of cultism as a result of the importance of this animal in people’s lives, especially in hunting and grazing operations in which the role of the dog was pivotal, as its presence with human beings since early times constituted a factor that helped in those operations for the purpose of obtaining the food.

Then the importance of the dog developed in both civilizations, and other activities and tasks appeared in the arena of belief, as it was entered into magical practices of a religious nature to treat and heal people from psychological diseases caused by some demons and physical ones that are treated from dog remains such as droppings.

Although some demons that cause evil to humans are similar to this animal.

He was also given the task of guiding Almuty to the underworld.

And protecting their bodies by interfering with the embalming processes of the Egyptians, as it was considered a god of mummification and a protector of tombs in the civilization of the Nile Valley.