Editing Cynocephaly (section)

==Medieval East==
Cynocephali also figure in medieval Christian worldviews. A legend that placed [[Andrew the Apostle]] and [[Bartholomew the Apostle]] among the [[Parthia]]ns presented the case of "Abominable", the citizen of the "city of cannibals... whose face was like unto that of a dog." After receiving baptism, however, he was released from his doggish aspect.<ref>David Gordon White, ''Myths of the Dog-man'' (University of Chicago Press) 1991:22.</ref>

=== Ibn Battuta ===
[[Ibn Battuta]] encountered what were described as "dog-mouthed" people on his journey, possibly describing a group of [[Mentawai people]] (who practice [[Human tooth sharpening|tooth sharpening]]), living on an island between India and [[Sumatra]]:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Travels in Asia and Africa 1325–1354 by Ibn Battuta|last=Bontekoe|first=Willem|publisher=George Routledge and Sons|year=1929|location=London}}</ref>
{{Quote|text=Fifteen days after leaving Sunaridwan we reached the country of the Barahnakar, whose mouths are like those of dogs. This tribe is a rabble, professing neither the religion of the Hindus nor any other. They live in reed huts roofed with grasses on the seashore, and have abundant banana, areca, and betel trees. Their men are shaped like ourselves, except that their mouths are shaped like those of dogs; this is not the case with their womenfolk, however, who are endowed with surpassing beauty. Their men too go unclothed, not even hiding their nakedness, except occasionally for an ornamental pouch of reeds suspended from their waist. The women wear aprons of leaves of trees. With them reside a number of Muslims from Bengal and Sumatra, who occupy a separate quarter. The natives do all their trafficking with the merchants on the shore, and bring them water on elephants, because the water is at some distance from the coast and they will not let the merchants go to draw it for themselves, fearing for their women because they make advances to well-formed men. Elephants are numerous in their land, but no one may dispose of them except the sultan, from whom they are bought in exchange for woven stuffs.|sign=Ibn Battuta|source=}}