The Cat (and the Dog)

N. Ganesan GANESANS at CL.UH.EDU
Fri Jan 30 15:08:01 UTC 1998


Yes. In India, cats are considered sly, but dogs are dirty.

That is Saiva Saints, the Tevaram Nayanmars often describe
themselves as lowly dogs (naayinEn, naayEn, ...) in their
pleadings to Siva.

A beautiful book, with an essay by Dr. Wendy Doniger is:

Stella Snead, Animals in four worlds: sculpture from
India, UChicago p. 1989


N. Ganesan





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