Editing Drekavac (section)

== Appearances and references in fiction ==
=== In literature ===
* Drekavac is mentioned in a short story by [[Branko Ćopić]], "Brave Mita and drekavac from the pond" ([[Serbian Cyrillic|Cyrillic]]: "Храбри Мита и дрекавац из рита") in which a group of [[superstition|superstitious]] [[fishermen]] stop fishing because they hear mysterious yells in the pond, where they were usually fishing, and start believing that they hear a drekavac, which leads to hunger in the village. The [[protagonist]] of the story, a courageous village boy named Mita, investigates this mystery and captures the "drekavac", which turns out to be a [[great bittern]], a bird very rare for the area.<ref>{{cite book |last = Ćopić |first = Branko |author-link = Branko Copic |title = U svijetu medvjeda i leptirova |chapter = Hrabri Mita i drekavac iz rita |url = http://www.lektirabih.com.ba/101/102/copasml.htm |chapter-url = http://www.lektirabih.com.ba/101/102/102bcsml.htm#_Toc158393743 |access-date = 2007-05-01 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070128104013/http://www.lektirabih.com.ba/101/102/copasml.htm |archive-date = 2007-01-28 }}</ref>
* Drekavac is also mentioned in Ćopić's book ''[[Eagles Fly Early (novel)|Eagles Fly Early]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last = Ćopić |first = Branko |author-link = Branko Copic |title = Orlovi rano lete |chapter = Chapter I |url = http://www.lektirabih.com.ba/104/405/orlovi.htm |access-date = 2007-05-01 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928121036/http://www.lektirabih.com.ba/104/405/orlovi.htm |archive-date = 2007-09-28 }}</ref>
*Drekavac is a character in [[Larry Correia]]'s novel ''Monster Hunter Bloodlines''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Correia | first=Larry | title=Monster hunter bloodlines | publication-place=Riverdale, NY | date=2021 | isbn=978-1-9821-2549-3 | oclc=1251738232 }}</ref>

=== In games ===
* In the ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' has a card of drekavac from the [[Dissension (Magic: The Gathering)|Dissension set]].<ref>{{cite web |title = ''Dissension'' Sortable Spoiler |url = http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/cardlist/dissension |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060424195357/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/cardlist/dissension |url-status = dead |archive-date = April 24, 2006 |access-date = 2007-05-01 |publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]]}}</ref>
* In [[EVE Online]], the Drekavac battlecruiser is a class of spaceship, flown by the Triglavian Collective. 
* The Serbian [[trading card game]] ''Izvori Magije'' has numerous cards of drekavac type creatures, one of them named ''Drekavac iz vira'' (meaning "Drekavac from  the whirlpool"). This creature is described as: "Big-headed and with long thin necks, drekavac often jump out of whirlpools to attack people who are returning home from watermills."<ref>{{cite web |url = http://izvorimagije.com/izvoriste/kartaned.php?tm=1176987639 |title = Drekavac iz vira |access-date = 2007-05-01 |publisher = Izvorimagije.com}}</ref>
* In ''[[DmC: Devil May Cry]]'', a demon named Drekavac appears as a recurrent enemy. It is not named as such until player's final encounter with it. Rather than claws, it possesses long thin swords.

=== In music ===

* "Drekavac" is the title of a song written and performed by the [[Serbia|Serbian]] [[thrash metal]] band [[Horror Piknik]].
* "Drekavac" is also the title of a [[Lordi]] song from their 2021 project [[Lordiversity]].