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Bukavac is a demonic mythical creature in Serbian mythology; belief about it existed in Srem[1]. St. ... A legendary creature is a mythical or fantastic creature (often known as fabulous creatures in historical literature). ... Srem in Serbian or Srijem in Croatian (from Latin: Sirmium) is a fertile region of the Pannonian plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. ...


Bukavac was sometimes imagined as a six-legged monster with gnarled horns[1]. He lives in lakes and big pools, coming out of the water during the night making big noise (hence the name: Serbian buka - noise), jumping onto people and animals and strangling them[1]. Horn may refer to: horn (anatomy), a hollow, pointed projection of the skin of various animals Horn, Austria horn (diacritic), a diacritic mark used to indicate that a normally rounded vowel such as o or u is to be pronounced unrounded horn (instrument) horn, a slang term for any wind... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Pool can have several meanings: Look up Pool in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... NOiSE is a one volume manga created by Tsutomu Nihei as a prequel to his acclaimed ten-volume work, Blame!. It offers some rather sketchy information concerning the Megastructures origins and initial size, as well as the origins of Silicon life. ... The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Å tokavian dialect, used primarily in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and by Serbs everywhere. ...

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Major Gods
DazbogJariloMoranaPerunSiwaSvantevitSvarog/SvarogichTriglavVelesZorya
Other Gods
BelobogBerstukChernobogDziewonaHorsFlinsKarewitLadoMat ZemlyaMokoshPorenutPorewitPorvataRadigostRodRugiewitStribogZirnitraZlota Baba
Legendary heroes
Alyosha PopovichBash ChelikBurislavDobrynya NikitichIlya MurometsLech, Czech, and Rus • Libuše • Marko KraljevicSadkoSolovey-Razboynik
Magical creatures
AlkonostCikavacFirebirdGamayunSimarglSirinZmey
Magical plants
Raskovnik
Spirits and demons
Baba YagaBannikBiesBoginkiBukavacDomovoiDrekavacKarzelekKikimoraKoscheiLady middayLeshiyLikhoPolevikSkrzakSudiceVilaTopielecVampirVodyanoy

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References

  1. ^ a b c [1970] “Букавац”, Српски митолошки речник (in Serbian). Belgrade: Nolit, 48.


 
 

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