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Cù-sìth

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Painted illustration: huge shaggy dark green hound on a Scottish Highland moor
AI rendition based on witness descriptions, not an actual photo.

A huge mythical hound of Scottish and Irish folklore with a shaggy dark green coat.

Folklore Verdict: We treat Cù-sìth as folklore: the record is stories and local reports, with no specimen or verified photo.

Region
Europe · United Kingdom / Ireland
First reports
Gaelic folklore

Key sightings

Best evidence

Stories and tradition only; no physical evidence.

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