Kynokefalos
Kynokefalos (řecky κυνοκέφαλοι Kynokéfaloi, množné číslo kynokefalové, česky psohlavec), je slovo vzniklé zkratkou ze starořeckých slov κύων = kýon = pes a κεφαλή = kefalḗ = hlava, označuje mytickou bytost v podobě člověka se psí hlavou.
Výskyt
Vyskytuje se ve starověké a středověké mytologii, v literatuře a ve výtvarném umění v Evropě, Africe i v Asii.
Význam
Kynokefalos může mít úlohu kladného hrdiny (například staroegyptský bůh Anup nebo svatý Kryštof) nebo zápornou, například ve středověkých cestopisech se objevují jako nepřátelé Evropanů a obyvatelé východoasijských zemí, s nimiž je nutno bojovat.
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Peuple des cynocéphales de Nicobar.jpeg
Cynocephaly of the Nicobar Islands. Itinerarium of Odoric of Pordenone.
Cynocephaly of the Nicobar Islands. Itinerarium of Odoric of Pordenone.
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Kermira, Cappadocia St Christopher depicted with the head of a dog. From the 5th century on, it was widely believed in Byzantium that the saint was one of the mythic dog-heads, a barbarian race without the gift of human speech. Nevertheless his depiction as a dog-head had not been the dominant in the Byzantine art, since the Byzantine Church frowned upon the linking of one of its saints with the cynocephali. In the post-Byzantine art, though, especially from the 17th c. onwards, the Orthodox artists several times paint the Saint as a dog-head.
Kermira, Cappadocia St Christopher depicted with the head of a dog. From the 5th century on, it was widely believed in Byzantium that the saint was one of the mythic dog-heads, a barbarian race without the gift of human speech. Nevertheless his depiction as a dog-head had not been the dominant in the Byzantine art, since the Byzantine Church frowned upon the linking of one of its saints with the cynocephali. In the post-Byzantine art, though, especially from the 17th c. onwards, the Orthodox artists several times paint the Saint as a dog-head.