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> The licking dog is an example of a healing statue, and may be linked to a Roman healing temple at Lydney.
I have not heard of a "healing statue", so a bit of searching found this in Wikipedia:
> Some healing temples also used sacred dogs to lick the wounds of sick petitioners.
So it is an interpretation of the statue - not a bad interpretation, but some explanation would be nice.
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> The licking dog is an example of a healing statue, and may be linked to a Roman healing temple at Lydney.
I have not heard of a "healing statue", so a bit of searching found this in Wikipedia:
> Some healing temples also used sacred dogs to lick the wounds of sick petitioners.
So it is an interpretation of the statue - not a bad interpretation, but some explanation would be nice.