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  2. Dogs in religion - Wikipedia

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    Similar as the ancient Egypt's relationship of dogs in religion, in ancient Mesopotamia, the goddess Gula was symbolized by a dog, emphasizing the animal's role in healing and protection. [46] The ancient Greeks also had their own canine deity, Hecate, associated with magic, crossroads, and the underworld. These early religious associations ...

  3. Injury in animals - Wikipedia

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    Injury in animals is damage to the body caused by wounding, change in pressure, heat or cold, chemical substances, venoms and biotoxins. Injury prompts an inflammatory response in many taxa of animals ; this prompts wound healing , which may be rapid, as in the Cnidaria .

  4. List of health deities - Wikipedia

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    Endovelicus, god of public health and safety; Glanis, Gaulish god associated with a healing spring at the town of Glanum; Grannus, Gaulish god associated with spas, thermal springs and the sun, regularly identified with Apollo; Hooded Spirits, hooded deities associated with health and fertility; Ianuaria, goddess associated with healing

  5. Wound licking - Wikipedia

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    Removal of the salivary glands of mice [35] and rats slows wound healing, and communal licking of wounds among rodents accelerates wound healing. [36] [37] Communal licking is common in several primate species. In macaques, hair surrounding a wound and any dirt is removed, and the wound is licked, healing without infection. [38]

  6. Animal-assisted therapy - Wikipedia

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    Animal-assisted therapy is an alternative or complementary type of therapy that includes the use of animals in a treatment. [4] [5] It falls under the realm of animal-assisted intervention, which encompasses any intervention in the studio that includes an animal in a therapeutic context such as emotional support animals, service animals trained to assist with daily activities, and animal ...

  7. Caladrius - Wikipedia

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    He is associated with a plot that involves healers addressing a mysterious new plague actually using this as cover for their illegal slave trade in stolen "patients". In "Brute of All Evil" by Devon Monk, a doctor is a caladrius. She takes human form and serves as the town's supernatural doctor as well as taking care of humans.

  8. List of hunting deities - Wikipedia

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    Arawn, king of Annwn in some Welsh legends and associated with hunting, dogs and stags; Cernunnos, a horned god associated with fertility and hunting; Gwyn ap Nudd, another king of Annwn in Welsh Mythology, associated with the Wild Hunt; Nodens, god associated with healing, the sea, hunting and dogs

  9. Snakes in mythology - Wikipedia

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    Rod of Asclepius - a serpent-entwined rod wielded by the Greek god Asclepius, a deity associated with healing and medicine; Serpents in the Bible; Serpent (symbolism) Snakes in Chinese mythology; Tefnut - an ancient Egyptian deity of moisture, sometimes depicted as a lion-headed serpent; Sheshnag - an ancient hindu god, supposedly he keeps ...