text: After somebody dies in Zoroastrianism, one of these creatures is fed three times a day for three days and takes part in the sag did ritual, where they repel the Nasus spirits around the dead.
full_question: After somebody dies in Zoroastrianism, one of these creatures is fed three times a day for three days and takes part in the sag did ritual, where they repel the Nasus spirits around the dead. In the Middle Ages, one of these animals was worshiped in the Dombes region of France as a healer of sick children, Saint Guignefort. In the Islamic story of the Cave of the Seven Sleepers, one of these animals stands guard in front of the cave while the saints sleep for hundreds of years. Travelers along the Silk Road told of a race of men with the heads of these animals in the east called the Cynocephali. For 10 points, name these animals, who in several Indo- European traditions guard the entrance to the Milky Way as the constellations Canis Minor and Canis Major.
first_sentence: After somebody dies in Zoroastrianism, one of these creatures is fed three times a day for three days and takes part in the sag did ritual, where they repel the Nasus spirits around the dead.
raw_answer: dogs