Psoglav Explained

Psoglav (Serbian: Псоглав, literally "doghead") is a demonic mythical creature in Balkan mythology; belief about it existed in parts of Bosnia and Montenegro.[1] Psoglav was described as having a human body with horse legs, a dog's head with iron teeth, and a single eye on the forehead.[1]

Psoglavs were described as living in caves or in a dark land which has plenty of gemstones, but no sun.[1] They practice anthropophagy, by eating people, or even digging out corpses from graves to eat them.[1] In Croatian the term is psoglavac, and in Slovene it is psoglavec. There are numerous legends about them, particularly on the Istrian peninsula in Croatia.

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  1. Book: Š. Kulišić. P. Ž. Petrović . N. Pantelić . sr:Српски митолошки речник. 1970. Nolit. Belgrade. Serbian. 249. Псоглав.