I wonder which female god (goddess or deity) is known to be a female dog, do you know ?

Question

Is SHE a female Afghan hund, a female hunting-dog, a female lycaon or a female jackal?. (...is not a female dog called a ***** ? or perhaps I should have categorize my question under "Pets" ?)
... American-English is a surprising language! What is wrong with: ***** ?
- Oh! I will try again. How about: B.I.T.C.H. ? Eureka! that's did it.
This female-dog female-god is a B.I.T.C.H.: Beautiful, Intelligent, Talented, Calisthenic and Horny.
Dog is the reverse of God... Do you know all the names of this goddess ?

Answer 1

Here are several examples of pagan goddesses viewed as dogs.

The Egyptian goddess Sothis, Sopdet, or Sepdet - was depicted as a female dog and personified the 'dog star' Sirius.

The Babylonian goddess Ninkharak: A dog-headed goddess of healing who was assimilated into Ishtar.

The Celtic goddess Nehalennia is primarily associated with protection of travelers over the sea. She is invariably associated with a large dog

The Greek goddess Hecate: She was called the triple goddess. The three phased moon. She was depicted as three female figures or as one with three animal heads. Of horse, dog and bear, or sometimes of three dogs. Queen Hekabe murdered a Thracian king and was stoned by the locals. The gods then transformed her into a black dog, and she became the animal familiar of the goddess Hecate.

The Roman goddess Fortuna, Goddess of luck and chance, often combined with the Hellenic Tyche is occasionally represented as a friendly dog.

The Hawaiian goddess Pele can change into many forms. She can become a dog, an old lady, and a beautiful young woman. A way that you can tell that Goddess Pele is in one of her forms, is that the dog, young woman, or old woman would have red eyes plus the woman would be wearing all white and the dog will have white fur.

The Hawaiians also have a tale of a supernatural woman who lived on Konahuanui [the highest peak in the Ko'olau Mountain Range, above Nu'uanu and Manoa on the island of Oahu.) She used to face the Ko'olau side and peer down on the people on the road to Honolulu. A brindled dog ('ilio mo'o) was one of the forms taken by the beautiful mo'o woman who dwelt on Konahuanui. The people of Ko'olau feared the dog when they returned home at night and when they had to they hurried home in the early evening.

The Mesopotamian City of Nippur worshiped Gula, goddess of healing who took the form of a dog. Several baked clay and bronze dogs were found to identify her temple in a 1990 dig by McGuire Gibson, Professor of Mesopotamian Archaeology.

Answer 2

if you look at the logo of Sirius satelite radio, there's a dog on the logo. Sirius is the birightest star in the sky, and the Egyptian personification of Sirius is Sothis, a goddess depicted as a female dog.

Answer 3

Well the closest association is Nehalennia, Celtic goddess of healing and dogs. She was always perceived as with a dog (most often) or as a dog. Other goddesses, particulary Greco-Roman and Norse-Celtic ran with packs of dogs, such as Hecate, Artemis/Diana and Hel.

Answer 4

Nobody knows all the names of gods, not even other gods. She's Hekate, the goddess of the underworld, one of her emanations is a dog with 3 heads.

Answer 5

Actually in the orient (I've seen them in Japan and Korea) they have what are called Shishi -Lion Protectors (korean dog, chinese lion). A pair of shishi traditionally stand guard outside the gates of Japansese Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Shishi are depicted with their mouth open (to scare off demons) or closed (to shelter and keep in the good spirits). The combination is said to symbolically represent birth and death. For the Japanese, shishi combines elements of both the Korean "Koma-inu" (Korean dog) and Chinese "Kara-shishi" (Chinese lion). Shishi nearly always come in mated pairs (male and female). The female one is the one with her mouth closed and sits on the left, and a male one with his mouth opened and sits on the right. To hear my husband tell it a female changed the statues and the one with it's mouth open is actually the female! LOL....

Answer 6

In Egypt, Anubis and Wepwawet were both identified with canines (jackals and wolves) but they are male . . . I have heard of snake goddesses, avian goddesses, horse goddesses, and various feline goddesses across cultures . . . no canine goddesses though.

Answer 7

Bitchalina

Answer 8

Nicolette

Answer 9

In Egypt, isn't Anubis a canine deity?

Answer 10

. . . you wouldn't bother asking this question if you'd met my ex- . . .