Added | Mon, 29/10/2018 |
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Другие названия | Kinocephalus
Nohoiterim
Pesyegolovets
Psoglavets
Sunamukha
Cynocephalus
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Область распространения | India
Libya
Ethiopia
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Kinocephalus or Pseglavets is a creature known since the mythology of Ancient Greece, but legends about a creature with such a description can be found all over the world. It looks like a man with a dog's (sometimes wolf, jackal or hyena are mentioned) head. Sometimes they mention legs like a bull.
According to ancient writers, kinocephals lived in India, Libya, Ethiopia, Scythia — on the borders of the then ecumene. Aristotle in Animal stories mentions kinocephalians among monkeys, which researchers interpret as a description of baboons.
Hesiod mentions the "arrogant dogheads" among the offspring Gay-Earth, on a par with massagets and pygmies
Phenomenon in mass culture
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