Mauthe Doog

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Job: Family: Hound Crystal: Dark Weak to: Fire, Light

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Gusgen Mines	28-31	Gusgen Chest Key (???%) Revival Tree Root (???%) Wolf Hide (???%)		15	A, H, HP
Batallia Downs	28-32	Wolf Hide		20	A, H, HP Spawns at night.
A = Aggressive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing; JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime

• In Batallia Downs, it can spawn in place of a Sabertooth Tiger.

Historical Background

Mauthe Doog is the Black Dog of Death on the Isle of Man. It dwelled inside a castle (Peel Castle) and skulked through the corridors at night. Black Dogs were considered a death portent in the British Isles. Other Black Dogs of Death included Barghest, Gwyllgi ("dog of darkness" in Wales), Gallytrot, Old Shuck/Black Shuck, Guytrash, Padfoot, Yeth, and the Cwn Annwn, who were more commonly depicted as white, but still associated with death. Mauthe Doog is not Manx and where the term came from is unclear, as the Manx term for "black dog" is Moddey Dhoo. Nonetheless, Mauthe Doog does appear in folklore texts.