Cadejo

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title: "Cadejo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mythological-dogs", "animal-spirits", "spanish-language-mesoamerican-legendary-creatures", "guatemalan-folklore", "honduran-folklore", "salvadoran-folklore", "central-american-mythology"] description: "Creature in Central American folklore" topic_path: "philosophy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadejo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Creature in Central American folklore ::

::callout[type=note] creature in Central American folklore ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/El_Cadejo_-_"La_Linea"_by_Carlos_Loarca.jpg" caption="drunk people]] against anyone who tries to rob or hurt them. When the cadejo is near, it is said to bring a strong goat-like smell. Turning one's back on the cadejo or speaking to it is said to induce insanity.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LteeDgAAQBAJ Beasts! Book 2], Jacob Cove Fantagraphics Books, 2008"] ::

References

Sources

• Burchell, Simon (2007). Phantom Black Dogs in Latin America, Heart of Albion Press. Edited by Triniti R.

References

1. [https://books.google.com/books?id=CNUWAAAAYAAJ Games and Popular Superstitions of Nicaragua], E.A.P de Guerrero, p. 38, in The Journal of American Folk-lore, Volume 4, Parts 1-2, 1891
2. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LteeDgAAQBAJ Beasts! Book 2], Jacob Cove Fantagraphics Books, 2008

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