Video on various historians recording dog-headed creatures:
Theologian, Carolingian Ratramnus, 9th century:
Ratramnus was written a letter by a missionary named Rimbert, who was staying in Scandinavia,
enquiring as to whether the Cynocephaly (the Dog-headed men) had souls. Here is his response in his Letter on the Dog-headed Creatures.
Ratramnus was written a letter by a missionary named Rimbert, who was staying in Scandinavia,
enquiring as to whether the Cynocephaly (the Dog-headed men) had souls. Here is his response in his Letter on the Dog-headed Creatures.
Anubis, Egyptian god - c. 3100 – c. 2890 BC:
Anubis, the Egyptian god, could have been inspired by Dogmen.
Italian Historian, Marco Polo -1271-95 AD:
"Angamanain is a very large Island. The people are without a king and are Idolaters, and no better than wild beasts. And I assure you all the men of this Island of Angamanain have heads like dogs, and teeth and eyes likewise; in fact, in the face they are all just like big mastiff dogs! They have a quantity of spices; but they are a most cruel generation, and eat everybody that they can catch, if not of their own race. They live on flesh and rice and milk, and have fruits different from any of ours."
- The Travels of Marco Polo, Book 3, Chapter 13
Greek Doctor, Ctesias of Cnidus - late 4th century BC:
“On these mountains there live men with the head of a dog, whose clothing is the skin of wild beasts. They speak no language, but bark like dogs, and in this manner make themselves understood by each other. Their teeth are larger than those of dogs, their nails like those of these animals, but longer and rounder. They inhabit the mountains as far as the river Indus. Their complexion is swarthy. They are extremely just, like the rest of the Indians with whom they associate. They understand the Indian language but are unable to converse, only barking or making signs with their hands and fingers by way of reply, like the deaf and dumb. They are called by the Indians Calystrii, in Greek Cynocephali. They live on raw meat. They number about 120,000.
- Indica, chapter 72
St Isadore of Seville - around 636 AD:
“The Cynocephali are so-called because they have dogs’ heads and their very barking betrays them as beasts rather than men.”
- On Human Monstrosities, Etymologies Section
