Huay Chivo

Origin and tradition

Yucatec folklore describes a sorcerer capable of becoming a terrifying goat-like beast that prowls at night.

Illustration in this atlas

A large black goat or goat-man with burning eyes, rotten breath, and a smell of sulfur or old blood.

References and further reading

1. reactormag.com — Huay Chivo

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