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Another supernatural dog in the folklore of Yucatan is the huay pek (witch-dog in Yucatec Maya), an enormous phantom black dog that attacks anybody that it meets and is said to be an incarnation of the Kakasbal, an evil spirit. [22] [23] [24]
It is reputed to be an evil sorcerer who can transform himself into a supernatural animal, usually a goat, dog or deer, in order to prey upon livestock. In recent times, it has become associated with the chupacabras. The Huay Chivo is specific to Guatemala, the southeastern Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo. Alleged Huay ...
Journalism Museum, also known as La Casa de los Perros or The House of the Dogs: located in the center of Guadalajara, it is a colonial mansion that in the 1790s housed the first independent newspaper of America. The hauntings are attributed to the original owner's wife, who took on a lover and later conspired to kill her husband.
This is a list of deities playing a role in the Classic (200–1000 CE), Post-Classic (1000–1539 CE) and Contact Period (1511–1697) of Maya religion.The names are mainly taken from the books of Chilam Balam, Lacandon ethnography, the Madrid Codex, the work of Diego de Landa, and the Popol Vuh.
Puppy remains were not found. Dogs were castrated and fed maize until they were fat enough to be ready for slaughter. Throughout the Preclassic period in the Yucatán region, dogs were not the primary meat supply, but archaeological evidence indicates they were a substantial part of the Maya diet. In fact, at the Colha site, white-tailed deer ...
Not a real dog, but Frank Sinatra. Fred Silverman, the former director of daytime programming at CBS, dreamed up the name after hearing Sinatra scat, “Do be do be do.” Many of us enjoyed this ...
In modern rural Mexico, nagual is sometimes synonymous with brujo ("wizard"); one who is able to shapeshift into an animal at night (normally into a dog, owl, bat, wolf or turkey), drink blood from human victims, steal property, cause disease, and the like. In some indigenous communities the nagual is integrated into the religious hierarchy.
In general, dogs that can handle hot weather have roots in warmer climates, short coats or physiques that effectively cool Canines regulate heat differently than humans. While we can sweat to stay ...