Spectral dog of ancient English tradition, which is reputed to appear at places associated with a death or demons. Many churchyards and isolated graves claim a black dog in local supersition, and sightings have also been reported at sites where murders have been commited. Descriptions vary, some dogs apparently having huge eyes, while others lack heads altogether. Locals speak fearfully of the howling of the solid black dog, and many claim that the devil himself often manifests in such a form.
The purpose of their presence is normally associated with death, such culture believe that it is the black dog who drags the most wanted spirits to hell.