| Hellhound | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| Naming | |||
| Others | Hell Hound | ||
| Binomen | N/A | ||
| Morphology | |||
| Body type | Canine | ||
| Intelligence | |||
| Sentience | Sentient | ||
| Sapience | Non-Sapient | ||
| Aggressivity | Variable | ||
| Ecology | |||
| Place of origin | British Isles (typically) | ||
| Habitat | Moors (typically) | ||
| Diet | Carnivorous | ||
| Locomotion | Quadrupedal | ||
| Related species | Barghest, Devil Dog, Inugami | ||
| Behind the Scenes | |||
| Universe | Real | ||
Hellhound is a generic name given to several varieties of sinister spectral black canines, sometimes originating from the underworld.
This type of creature is commonly featured in Irish and Scottish legends, where they exhibit phantasmagorical glowing eyes and stalk people in the moors at night to hunt them. Just looking at them is so unnerving that it can terrorize a person to death before the hound even reaches its target. The titular creature from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles was notably inspired by such myths.
Conversely, other stories suggest that one may encounter a Hellhound once or twice, but encountering it for the third time will surely result in death.
Hellhounds typically participate alongside the hunters in the supernatural event known as the Wild Hunt.
Works featuring Hellhounds[]
Films[]
TV series[]
- Lost Tapes
- Supernatural
- The X-Files
- Helluva Boss
Gallery[]
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