Santal Hound

The Santal Hound is named after the Santal tribe among whom it is found in the Hazaribagh district of northern Jharkhand. It is used by these tribals exclusively for hunting which is in both a survival economy as well as in a ritual context as the annual hunts of the tribe called Desom Sendra which has an association with the forest goddess Chandi (and similar to the Arcadian huntress Diana with...