Cadejo
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thumb|A 2011 painting by Carlos Loarca depicting el CadejoThe cadejo () or cadejos is a supernatural spirit that appears as a dog-shaped creature with blue eyes when it is calm and red eyes when it is attacking. It roams around isolated roads at night, according to Central American folklore of indigenous origin.
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thumb|A 2011 painting by Carlos Loarca depicting el CadejoThe cadejo () or cadejos is a supernatural spirit that appears as a dog-shaped creature with blue eyes when it is calm and red eyes when it is attacking. It roams around isolated roads at night, according to Central American folklore of indigenous origin.
There is a good white cadejo and an evil black cadejo. Both are spirits that appear at night to travelers: the white cadejo protects them from harm and danger during their journey, while the black cadejo (sometimes an incarnation of the devil) tries to kill them. In Costa Rica and Panama, the cadejo is a single creature, black in color, and although monstrous, it is generally harmless. In Costa Rica and Nicaragua, "el cadejo" is known as "el cadejos".