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The two dogs of Yama

Also called: Sarameyas, Shabala and Shyama

Two four-eyed, brindled dogs, sons of Sarama, who guard the path of the dead and roam among the living as Yama's messengers.

Sources: Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer; Vedic Mythology, A. A. Macdonell (1897) · see The two dogs of Yama's web

Relations 1

The two dogs of Yama devotee of

Yama (God) · Yama, the first to die
His two messengers and guards of the path.

Stories 1

Yama, the first to die
Origin · as guards of the path and his messengers · 3 tellings

Cited

Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 10.14.10-12 Primary text (translation)
Vedic Mythology, A. A. Macdonell (1897) § 77 Scholarly