Talk:Cynocephaly

Christian Mythology category
This article was wrongly categorized as Christian mythology. "Cynocephaly" is no genuine Christian lore but first reported (I think) by Ktesias. As such it features in various tales throughout Greek-Roman-European history but it is no more Christian than, say, the choice of Paris. Wetman has reverted me by the lapidar "Christopher is Christian". This is true, once you have taken the trouble of trying to understand that edit summary, but of no importance as a) the article is not about Christopher but about Cynocephaly, and b) a saint may have legends associated with him but is not part of mythology. Str1977 (smile back) 09:47, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Eastern orthodox Christian
This article wrongly implies that the legend of Cynocephaly (especially in the case of St. Christopher) is a supported legend by the Christian church. The Orthodox Christian church DOES NOT support this legend and the fact that the dog-headed images might be from 'icons' of the Eastern Orthodox church does not automatically assume that this is the POSITION of the church on the matter. 210.0.99.5 (talk) 02:15, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

uk tv show
It expires Tuesday and only available in the UK but this programme is all about the doghead myth in medieval Europe. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:42, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Augustine
To say that Augustine 'reported on the Cynocephalae' is misleading, suggesting he credulously believed in their existence. He did mention them (City of God Book XVI Chapter 8), but in that same passage he says "But we are not bound to believe all we hear of these monstrosities." (The thrust of his argument is that any humans, however strange in shape, must be descended from Adam; but he leaves open the possibility that the Cynocephali and similar races of travelers' tales might a) not exist or b) not be human - "if they are embraced in that definition of man as rational and mortal animals, unquestionably trace their pedigree to that one first father of all. We are supposing these stories about various races who differ from one another and from us to be true; but possibly they are not ... Wherefore, to conclude this question cautiously and guardedly, either these things which have been told of some races have no existence at all; or if they do exist, they are not human races; or if they are human, they are descended from Adam.") 128.194.250.106 (talk) 12:51, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

St Christopher
"This Byzantine depiction of St. Christopher as dog-headed resulted from their misinterpretation of the Latin term Cananeus (Canaanite) to read canineus, that is, "canine".[8]"

This doesn't seem very likely - the Byzantines were Greek Orthodox - they didn't use the latin bible instead using the original greek version which would have been their source on St Christopher. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tufaone (talk • contribs) 20:08, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

While I agree that there is a language problem here, you are overlooking something. Saint Christopher is not actually mentioned in the Bible. Dimadick (talk) 10:47, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Version medical aspect: Hypertrichosis, as a prototype of Christopher-cynocephaly. There is probability, that a man becoming the prototype of Christopher suffered the rare type of the genetic mutation named as a hypertrichosis universal (hypertrichosis universalis) or by the syndrome of werewolf, as a result of that the body of human practically is fully covered by thick hair, including the face. Perhaps a christian saint had the nickname, interpreted by followers as description of his appearance. The riddle of so exotic iconography of Christopher-cynocephaly remains unsolved. << p.s. Sorry for quality of my English :) >>  Iskatelb 12:22, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

The quote at the beginning of this section was actually a misrepresentation of the cited source - the source makes it clear that this is just speculation, and the Latin word is actually caninus, not canineus, making it less similar. --Chl (talk) 16:49, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Saints Ahrakas and Augani
Legend of coptic saint Mercurius Abu-Sefeyn (in translation from arabic Mercurius of "father two swords") mentions two saints with a doggy head — Ahrakas and Augani, who faithfully serve him, and accompanied everywhere. These saints are depicted on a Coptic icon of the XVIII century, kept in the Coptic Museum. << p.s. Sorry for quality of my English :) >> Iskatelb 19:25, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

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Cynocephaly
￼I also found cynocephaly in Pakistan(province Khyber phakhtunkha district North Waziristan P/o MirAli). It is killed by one of our villager by pistol. This animal were provided difficulties for our villagers specially at night time and also ate many people. It's head is just like dog or wolf and the rest of the body is like a human being. If you have more information about that animal than please share with me. 61.5.147.68 (talk) 14:22, 29 November 2023 (UTC)