Dip

The legend is localized in Pratdip; sources state the Dip has been part of local repertoire for a long time, appearing in visual records from 1602 and 1730 and on the escutcheon of Pratdip. Tradition holds that such dogs once frequented the locality and that, according to local belief, they disappeared in the nineteenth century.

Described in the sources as an evil black hellhound. The Dip is depicted in local religious art (an altarpiece dated 1602 and another from 1730) and on the municipal escutcheon of Pratdip. Folkloric descriptions note that, like other demonic figures in Catalan myth, it is lame in one leg. A modern monument at the entrance to Pratdip offers a later, more stylized/kinder portrayal, but traditional references emphasize a frightening black dog-like creature.

Reported folkloric attributes present the Dip as a nocturnal predator and vampiric creature that 'sucks people's blood' and 'sucked the blood of cattle.' It acts at night and is said to have preyed on drunken villagers who lingered at taverns. Sources describe the Dip as an emissary or agent of the Devil; literary adaptations (e.g., Joan Perucho) expand its powers, but such expansions are distinguished from the traditional folkloric description.