Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU All Graduate Plan B and other Reports Graduate Studies 12-2018 Hellhounds and Helpful Ghost Dogs: Conflicting erP ceptions of “Man’s Best Friend” Encoded in Supernatural Narrative Kiersten Carr Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports Part of the Folklore Commons Recommended Citation Carr, Kiersten, "Hellhounds and Helpful Ghost Dogs: Conflicting Perceptions of “Man’s Best Friend” Encoded in Supernatural Narrative" (2018). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports. 1337. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/1337 This Creative Project is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Graduate Plan B and other Reports by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Hellhounds and Helpful Ghost Dogs: Conflicting Perceptions of “Man’s Best Friend” Encoded in Supernatural Narrative ________________________________ A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the English Department at Utah State University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Folklore ________________________________ Written by Kiersten Carr October 11, 2018 1 Acknowledgements I would like to acknowledge and thank the following individuals for their assistance and support. First and foremost I must thank my committee members. Thank you to my wonderful thesis chair Professor Randy Williams, for her willingness to step in when I was desperately searching for someone to chair my committee; for her expert organizational skills, especially when it came to keeping me on schedule with my writing; for her patient proofreading and for her enthusiasm about the results of my efforts.