Căpcăun
A Căpcăun is a creature in Romanian folklore, depicted as an ogre who kidnaps children or young ladies (mostly princesses). It represents evil, as do its counterparts "Zmeu" and the "Balaur". In most Romanian publications of other European works the names of creatures such as "Ogres" or "Trolls" are usually translated as "căpcăun". The Romanian word appears to have meant "Dog-head" ("căp" being a form of "cap", meaning "head", and "căun" a derivative of "câine", "dog"). According to Romanian folkloric phantasy, the "căpcăun" has a dog head, sometimes with four eyes, with eyes in the nape, or with  four legs, but whose main characteristic is anthropophagy. The term "căpcăun" also means "Tatar chieftain" or "Turk chieftain", as well "pagan". Some linguists consider "căpcăun" to be an echo of a title or administrative rank, such as "kapkan" (also "kavhan", "kaphan", "kapgan") used by various Central Asian tribes who invaded Eastern Europe during late antiquity and the medieval era, such as the Pannonian Avars, Bulgars and Pechenegs.