Stuhać ( sr, Стухаћ) is a
demon
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ic
mythical creature in
Serbian mythology
Slavic mythology or Slavic religion is the religious
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, recorded in
Herzegovina
Herzegovina ( or ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Hercegovina, separator=" / ", Херцеговина, ) is the southern and smaller of two main geographical region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Bosnia. It has never had strictly defined geogra ...
.
Though its name is similar with
zduhać, there is no actual similarity.
Stuhać lives in high
mountains and barren areas; how it looks is not described, however, it is known that it wears
clutter
Clutter and its derivations may refer to any of the following:
Excessive physical disorder
* Clutter, a confusing, or disorderly, state or collection, and possible symptom of compulsive hoarding
* Clutter (marketing), numerous advertisements, ...
s made of
human ligament
A ligament is the fibrous connective tissue that connects bones to other bones. It is also known as ''articular ligament'', ''articular larua'', ''fibrous ligament'', or ''true ligament''. Other ligaments in the body include the:
* Peritoneal li ...
s on its legs, so that it would not slip on mountain
precipices.
[ If its clutter broke, he would pull ligaments from someone's legs to make new one.][
]
References
Slavic demons
Serbian folklore
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