Cikavac

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Cikavac is a mythical creature in Serbian mythology, imagined as a winged animal (a bird) with long beak and a sack[1].

A cikavac could be acquired by taking an egg from a black hen, which would then be carried by a woman under her armpit for 40 days, during which time one would not confess, cut nails, wash face or pray[1]. The cikavac would then suck honey from others' beehives and milk of others' cattle, and bring it to the owner; it would fulfil any owner's wish, and also enable its owner to understand the animal language[1].

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  1. ^ a b c [1970] "Цикавац", Српски митолошки речник (in Serbian). Belgrade: Nolit, 299. 
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