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How dog demons came into existence is difficult to determine. Tradition describes them as openly malevolent, whereas myth embodies them as servants of human passion.
It's generally believed they came to be through some cruel betrayal, with the most recited tale involving a woman who was so consumed with hatred of her rival, buried her faithful dog so that only its head stuck out of the ground. The exposed head was then encircled with meat, and as the poor wretch suffered to starve to death surrounded by food it couldn't reach, so bitterly grew its resentment for its mistress that before dying its saliva turned toxic.
And when the ritual was complete and the dog's spirit had finally materialized, it was not in the form of a curse that sought to destroy the woman's most despised enemy, but instead an intelligent being of flesh and blood who promptly turned on its mistress and swallowed her whole.
Or so the lore went.