Molda lady dog appears in the Romanian folklore "in a
legend about Dragoş Voda the founder of the Moldavian Voivodeship. "[1]
The
Dolca lady dog appears in the Romanian folklore "in a popular ballad
called Dolca, this ballad was picked by V. Alecsandri."[2]
In
the Romanian folklore there is mythical dog named: Puppy of the Earth.
This
dog appears in the Romanian folklore anecdote called "Incidents with
Păcală collected by C. Rădulescu-Codin and Şt. Del. Tuţescu, Dăfii, in the
volume Also Păcală."[3]
The
Puppy of the Earth in Romanian mythology "brings bad luk to the one who
sees it random and is the one who, through the strong barking, with a loud
voice of european bison, prevents death. He controls the graves and bites the
nose or ears deaths if they have not been buried respecting the customs."[4]
In
the Romanian folklore there are mythical dogs called: See-Well, Hear-Good,
Easy-like-Wind Heavy-like-Earth.
These
dogs appear in Romanian fairy tales. A fairy tale where appears is The
Wolf-with-iron-head this fairy tale is collected from the folklore of Transylvania
by writer Ioan Pop Reteganul (1853-1905).
"See-Well
is the dog of Holy Wednesday, Hear-Good is the dog of Holy Friday,
Easy-like-Wind Heavy-like-Earth is the dogs of Holy Sunday"[5]
[1] Ionuț Benea, Legenda căţelei Molda, animalul de
moartea căruia se leagă denumirile unui râu şi a unei regiuni, în
„Adevărul” , www.adevarul.ro/locale/iasi/legenda-catelei-molda-animalul-moartea-caruia-leaga-denumirile-unui-rau-regiuni-1_51691503053c7dd83f036b7e/index.html,
accesat la data de 3.08.2017.
[4] Cățelul
Pământului, www.deieri-deazi.blogspot.ro/2015/07/catelul-pamantului-tt.html,
accesat la data de 17.07.2017.
[5] Ioan Pop Reteganul, Povești Ardelenești, Editura
Dacia Educațional, Cluj-Napoca, 2005, p. 134.