In Tor Age Bringsvaerd's book, he provides a rich taste of a huge collection of stories about the dog. The material collected by the author draws from the world of religion, philosophy, myths, comics and films - from all over the world, from antiquity to the present day. We can read hundreds of fables and legends about the dogs of the starry sky, fairy tales and hell, but above all about the special relationship between two living beings - dogs and humans. "My first dog was a huge, brown animal, I don't really know what kind of mix it was. It wasn't our family's dog, it lived somewhere else, but it wanted to be with me all the time. I was five years old, and it took care of me with such devotion that most children wouldn't dare to play with me. His name was Bamse. He was shot near the end of the war because he misunderstood some German soldiers and thought he had to protect me. There is something real, something ancient and wise and beautiful about the relationship between animal and man. And who was never awakened a gently poking nose, or even the tapping of an enthusiastically wagging tail on the bedside table, really missed something from this life." The Author