In Icelandic, the word gray means "dog". The word greyhound is a form of the Anglo-Saxon grighund or hunting dog ag ur ay, "powerful flame A", or ag ur rig, "mighty, powerful fire". The word Sarama can be transformed into se, "fire," and rama, which means "sun" in Sanskrit. The English name for dogs - a name so widespread as to be almost a generic name - is gyp ("dog", "bitch"), "Eternally Existing Eye". In Greek, dog is kuon, "one great Hu"; and in Latin, canis, "one great Light." In Greek mythology, Icarus - he is identified with the Great Bear - has a dog named Myra;
King Arthur's hunting dog was called Cabal, and in Japanese temples you can usually see the image of Ama-Inu, the Heavenly Dog, which is credited with the ability to drive away demons. In addition to the fact that the dog symbolized the Reason - "sniffing out", a hunting dog it also served as a symbol of the Guard, the Watchman and the Loud Voice.
