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  2. Cynocephaly - Wikipedia

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    A cynocephalus. From the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493).. The characteristic of cynocephaly, or cynocephalus (/ s aɪ n oʊ ˈ s ɛ f ə l i /), having the head of a canid, typically that of a dog or jackal, is a widely attested mythical phenomenon existing in many different forms and contexts.

  3. List of spiritual entities in Islam - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of spiritual entities in Islam. Islamic traditions and mythologies branching of from the Quran state more precisely, about the nature of different spiritual or supernatural creatures.

  4. Jackal - Wikipedia

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    It is called "wild dog" in several translations of the Bible. In the King James Bible, Isaiah 13:21 refers to 'doleful creatures', which some commentators suggest are either jackals or hyenas. [16] In the Indian Panchatantra stories, the jackal is mentioned as wily and wise. [17] In Bengali tantrik tradition, they represent the goddess Kali. It ...

  5. Wepwawet - Wikipedia

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    Jackal amulets in the form of Wepwawet. While we do not know for certain the exact species of animal represented by the Ancient Egyptian sꜢb / sAb animal (Jackal), the African wolf (Canis lupaster) was one species thought to depict and the template of numerous Ancient Egyptian deities, including Wepwawet. [5]

  6. Symbols of Islam - Wikipedia

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    The number 4 is a very important number in Islam with many significations: Eid-al-Adha lasts for four days from the 10th to the 14th of Dhul Hijja; there were four Caliphs; there were four Archangels; there are four months in which war is not permitted in Islam; when a woman's husband dies she is to wait for four months and ten days; the Rub el ...

  7. European jackal - Wikipedia

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    The European jackal (Canis aureus moreoticus) is a subspecies of the golden jackal present in Anatolia, the Caucasus, and Southeast Europe. [ 4 ] [ 2 ] It was first described by French naturalist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire during the Morea expedition . [ 3 ]

  8. Jackal's horn - Wikipedia

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    Skull of a Sri Lankan jackal with a horn. The Jackal's horn (Urdu: گیدڑ سنگھی) is a mythical boney cone-shaped excrescence which is said to occasionally grow on the skulls of golden jackals. [citation needed] It is associated with magical powers in South Asia. Despite the lack of proof for its existence it is still widely believed to ...

  9. Egyptian wolf - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptian wolf had an unresolved taxonomic identity and was formerly known as the Egyptian jackal. Throughout much of the 20th century, the animal was classed as a subspecies of golden jackal, Canis aureus lupaster. Notice was however taken by numerous zoologists of the animal's morphology, which corresponds more to that of the grey wolf.