Bukavac (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation:[bǔːkaʋat͡s]) is ademonicmythical creature inSlavic mythology.[1] Belief in it existed inSyrmia.[2]
Bukavac was sometimes imagined as a six-legged monster with gnarledhorns and bright blue eyes.[2] It lives inlakes andpools, coming out of the water during the night to make a loudnoise (hence the name:buka – noise). It would jump onto people and animals and strangle them.[2]
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