Psoglav
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Psoglav (Serbian Cyrillic: Псоглав, literally "doghead") is a demonic mythical creature in Slavic mythology; belief about it existed in parts of Bosnia and Montenegro.[1] 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.[1]
Psoglavs were described to live 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 the Croatian language, the term is psoglavac, and in the Slovenian language, it's pasjeglavec. There are numerous legends about them, particularly on the Istrian peninsula in Croatia.[citation needed]
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