Bukavac

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Bukavac (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [bǔːkaʋat͡s]) is a demonic mythical creature in Slavic mythology.[1] Belief in it existed in Srem.[2]

Bukavac was sometimes imagined as a six-legged monster with gnarled horns.[2] It lives in lakes and pools, coming out of the water during the night making big noise (hence the name: buka - noise), jumping onto people and animals and strangling them.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures". Books.Google. Retrieved 15 May 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Š. Kulišić; P. Ž. Petrović, N. Pantelić. "Букавац". Српски митолошки речник (in Serbian). Belgrade: Nolit. p. 48. 
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