Psoglav

Psoglav

Psoglav (literally doghead) is a demonic mythical creature in Serbian mythology; belief about it existed in parts of Bosnia and Montenegrocite book
author=Š. Kulišić
coauthors=P. Ž. Petrović, N. Pantelić
title=Српски митолошки речник
origyear=1970
publisher=Nolit
location=Belgrade
language=Serbian
pages=249
chapter=Псоглав
] . Psoglav was described as having a human body with horse legs, and dog's head with iron teeth and a single eye on the forehead.

Psoglavs were described to live in caves, or in a dark land, which has plenty of gemstones, but no sun. They practice cannibalism, by eating people, or even digging out corpses from graves to eat them.

Psoglav is a chtonic demon, somewhat similar to Greek cyclops.

ee also

* Cynocephaly

References


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