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The crocotta or corocotta, crocuta, leucrocotta, or leucrotta is a mythical dog-wolf of India or Aethiopia, linked to the hyena and said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs.
Crocotta, as illustrated in a medieval bestiary
A mosaic depicting a crocotta (Greek: Κροκόττας), which in this case closely resembles a striped hyena. The mosaic in Palestrina depicts the river Nile and its fauna
Drawing collected by Felix Platter, to be used in Historiae animalium (1551–1558). Manticore and Crocotta
A crocotta, Bestiary, Royal MS 12 C XIX (1200-1210)
Aethiopia
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Ancient Aethiopia first appears as a geographical term in classical documents in reference to the skin color of the inhabitants of the upper Nile in Sudan, areas south of the Sahara, and less often to
Crocotta
…The crocotta or corocotta, crocuta, leucrocotta, or leucrotta is a mythical dog-wolf of India or Aethiopia, linked to the hyena and said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs. Strabo, who uses the word "crocuttas", describes the beast as the mixed progeny of…
Brazilian painting of Saint Kaleb of Axum slaying the king of Himyar beside Ephigenia of Ethiopia. He carries a banner of the lion of judah holding a cross, attested in the late medieval period.
European depiction of Amba Geshen, captioned "Abyssinian mountain of children" in French and Dutch