Laelaps
animal_ally earth single tradition · 3
Laelaps is a female dog destined always to catch her prey.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – -700
- Historical notes
- Referenced in early Greek epics of the Cycle.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Maera, Artemis's pack of 14 exquisite hunting dogs, Delphin, Dolphins of Taras, Donkey of Hephaestus, Donkey of Silenus, Scythian horned donkeys, Amalthea, Anemoi, Arion, Horses of Achilles, Horses of Ares, Horses of Eos, Horses of Erechtheus, Horses of Dioskouroi, Horses of Hector, Horses of Helios, Horses of Poseidon, Mares of Diomedes, Ocyrhoe, Trojan Horses, Lamia, La-bar-tu, Labbu, Lady midday, Ladon, Lakanica, Lakhey, Lamiak, La Mojana, Lampades, Landvættir, Langmeidong, Lares, La Sayona, La Tunda, Laukų dvasios, Lauma, Leanan sidhe, Leimoniads, Leszi, Leuce, Leyak, Lidérc, Lietuvēns, Likho, Lilin, Lilitu, Limnades, Ljósálfar, Ljubi, Lo-lol, Lóng, Loogaroo, Lugat, Lui-kong-tsiau, Luison, Lusca, Lutin, Lynx, Longma, Karkinos, Cretan Bull, Gadflies, Myrmekes, Myrmidons, Orthrus, Cattle of Helios, black-skinned cattle of Hades, Ceryneian Hind, Elaphoi Khrysokeroi, Dionysus' Panthers, Argos, Golden Dog, Guard Dogs of Hephaestus Temple, lamassu, Leviathan, Loki, Luduan, La Llorona, Lightning Bird, Lubber fiend, Zeus
Mentioned by
- Karkinos
- Cretan Bull
- Gadflies
- Myrmekes
- Myrmidons
- Orthrus
- Cattle of Helios
- black-skinned cattle of Hades
- Ceryneian Hind
- Elaphoi Khrysokeroi
- Dionysus' Panthers
- Argos
- Golden Dog
- Guard Dogs of Hephaestus Temple
- lamassu
- Leviathan
and 6 more
Sources
Source passages
“Laelaps, a female dog destined always to catch her prey.”
#4614 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Laelaps (Greek) – Enchanted dog that always caught his prey”
#4837 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The name of the dog is Laelaps. The story of the hunting of the Teumessian fox, which could never be caught, and that Zeus turned to stone along with Procris' dog when the dog hunted it, and the death of Procris were told in one of the lost early Greek epics of the Cycle, most probably the Epigoni.”
#43436 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001