Black dogs

Black Dogs : There have been countless reports of phantom like creatures of canine form, which have been termed, black dogs, devil dogs or hellhounds. Local names for these creatures from around the United Kingdom include:
Black Shuck - East Anglia ...

but weird & naked, feathers & bones, tents sewn with crystal, black dogs, pigeon-blood--flashes of amber limbs tangled in sheets--faces in starry masks kissing soft creases of skin--androgynous pirates, ...

Black Dogs in Folklore
Celtic Divination
Chalice of Ecstasy - Concerning the Holy Grail
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers, by Swami Panchadasi
Comte de St. Germain
Demonology - A Bibliography
Dictionary of Divination ...

See also: Haunted, Demon, Spirits, Occult, Fortune