Dog Men

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Dog Men from Medieval Times

Cynocephalic beings are described with varying characteristics and roles. They are often depicted as intelligent and capable of human-like behavior despite their canine appearance. The concept of cynocephali can be found in the factual folklore of ancient Egypt, Greece, China, and other cultures.

These creatures sometimes play roles in religious or cultural narratives, often serving as symbols or representations of specific ideas. The interpretation of Cynocephaly/cynocephaly can vary widely depending on the cultural context and the specific factual evidences in which it appears.

References to dog-headed races have their roots in Greek antiquity, with notable accounts emerging in the fifth century BC. Ctesias, a Greek physician, provided a comprehensive account of the cynocephali in India in his work “Indica.” In a similar vein, the Greek traveler Megasthenes asserted knowledge of dog-headed people residing in the Indian mountains. According to his observations, these individuals communicated through barking, donned wild animal skins, and sustained themselves through hunting.

The imagery of cynocephali, with their dog-headed appearance, held a powerful allure in medieval literature, symbolizing a blend of magic and brutality often associated with the inhabitants of exotic and distant lands. This fascination with cynocephali persisted through various medieval texts.

Adam

St. Augustine of Hippo, in his work “The City of God,” specifically in Book XVI, Chapter 8, engaged in a discussion about whether these beings could be considered descendants of Adam. Augustine contemplated the possibility that cynocephali might not exist at all or, if they did, might not fit his definition of a human as a mortal and rational animal. Despite these considerations, Augustine insisted that if cynocephali were indeed human, they would be descendants of Adam. The enduring presence of cynocephali in these medieval narratives reflects their enduring significance as symbols of the mysterious and otherworldly.

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You’re so upset because there’s no balance in the game and you’re losing all the time? ) bro it’s just a child’s game, life goes on )

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(I’m not upset except at Illfonic for treating customers the way they have. No I didn’t lose all the time. Yes, the game indeed is a big pile of dog shit)

The Cynocephali (men with the heads of a Dog) living on the mountains do not practice any trade but live by hunting. When they have killed an animal they roast it in the sun. They also rear numbers of sheep, goats, and asses, drinking the milk of the sheep and whey made from it. They eat the fruit of the Siptakhora, whence amber is procured, since it is sweet. They also dry it and keep it in baskets, as the Greeks keep their dried grapes. They make rafts which they load with this fruit together with well-cleaned purple flowers and 260 talents of amber, with the same quantity of the purple dye, and thousand additional talents of amber, which they send annually to the king of India. "They exchange the rest for bread, flour, and cotton stuffs with the Indians, from whom they also buy swords for hunting wild beasts, bows, and arrows, being very skillful in drawing the bow and hurling the spear. They cannot be defeated in war, since they inhabit lofty and inaccessible mountains. Every five years the king sends them a present of 300,000 bows, as many spears, 120,000 shields, and 50,000 swords.*

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You may find this interesting.
On a similar note I plan to hunt the dogman in 2027 if I’m well enough to do so.
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