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Psoglav (Serbian Cyrillic: 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.
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The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are often amongst the most powerful and important entities in a given tradition, reflecting the fact that death, like birth , is central to the human experience.
The text, which seems to have been considerably revised by later scribes, does mention "vampires and bereginyas" as the earliest creatures worshipped by the Slavs, even before the cult of Perun was introduced in their lands. No detail about "bereginyas" are given, affording a large field for speculations of every kind.
Psoglav - (Bosnia) humanoid monster with dog's head, horse's legs, one eye and iron teeth. Salawa – the "Typhonian Animal," a slender, vaguely canine-animal that is the totemic animal of Set; Sigbin – is a creature in Philippine mythology (Philippines)
The etymology of his name likely connects it with Slavic words associated with death. Mentioned primarily in Primary Chronicle; his name also often appears in proper names. His animal incarnations are bull or ox, dragon or zmey. [11] His figure is preserved in folklore primarily in the form of saint Nicholas and the devil. [12]
Flins [pl; simple] – alleged deity of death worshipped by the remnants of the Sorbs, mentioned in Cronecken der Sassen (1492) Krodo – originally a pseudo-chief-deity of the Saxons in later centuries ascribed to the Slavs; Trojan – a figure from South Slavic mythology borrowed by East Slavic writers and later recognized as a deity
The nawie, nawki, sometimes also referred to as lalki [3] (Polish language; all plural forms) were used as names for the souls of the dead. According to some scholars (namely Stanisław Urbańczyk, among others), this word was a general name for demons arising out of the souls of tragic and premature deaths, killers, warlocks, the murdered and the Drowned Dead. [6]