El Cadejo

Origin and tradition

Central American folklore tells of a spectral dog that appears to night travelers, sometimes as a protective white hound and sometimes as a dangerous black one.

Illustration in this atlas

A shaggy dog as large as a calf, with glowing red or blue eyes, goat-like hooves in some tellings, and a chain dragging from its neck.

References and further reading

1. en.wikipedia.org — Cadejo

These references offer further reading. Accounts and depictions vary; the atlas illustration is interpretive artwork, rather than historical or scientific evidence.