sentences:  In variants, the dog may have Suppeitarō, Suppetarō or a variety of other names, for example, "Hayatarō of temple in Shinano".The dog may not be given any name at all.Monkey God tales preserved in the medieval anthologies "Konjaku Monogatarishū" and "Uji Shūi Monogatari" have been suggested as being the original sources of the orally disseminated versions.