"Leucrocotta" redirects here. For the mayfly genus, see Leucrocuta.
Not to be confused with Corocotta, the Cantabrian guerrilla or bandit.
Crocotta, as illustrated in a medieval bestiary
The crocotta or corocotta, crocuta, or leucrocotta is a mythical dog-wolf of India or Aethiopia, linked to the hyena and said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs.
The crocotta or corocotta, crocuta, or leucrocotta is a mythical dog-wolf of India or Aethiopia, linked to the hyena and said to be a deadly enemy of men...
Aethiopia. But he also described the crocotta and the mantichora of Aethiopia together, and while the crocotta imitated the voices of men the mantichora...
of Eurasia and Africa) †Adcrocuta (Late Miocene of Eurasia) Crocuta (=Crocotta; including Eucrocuta; spotted hyena and cave hyena. Late Pliocene to recent...
novel Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen features werehyenas. Blood libel Crocotta Leopard Society Shapeshifting Skin-walker Were Werecat Werejaguar Wererat...
Cusith) – Hellhound, harbinger of death (Scotland, the Hebrides, Ireland) Crocotta – mythical dog-wolf, related to the hyena (India, Ethiopia) Cynocephaly –...
goat, lion claws in front and goat legs behind, and a long snake tail. Crocotta or Cynolycus: a creature with the body of a stag, a lion's neck, cloven...
in town and later gives him the location. Sam deduces they are facing a crocotta, which has been convincing people to kill themselves so it can devour their...
daughter of Jambavan, King of the Bears, and the third wife of Krishna. The Crocotta (or corocotta, crocuta, or leucrocotta), is a mythical dog-wolf of India...
within the category of hyenas, including an Ethiopian quadruped named "Crocotta", which was thought to be a hybrid between a hyena and a lioness. Sir Thomas...
been interpreted as a nickname indicative of his ferocity, a variant of crocotta, a word used to refer to a type of canine-like beast from Africa, most...
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