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Mavka (evil spirits, rusalkas) Rusalka (the harmful spirit that appears in the summer in the grass field, in the forest, near the water) Samovila (a female spirit inhabiting the mountains and owning wells and lakes) Upyr (vampire) Devilry (evil power) Bies. Chort. Chuhaister.
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Korab, a deity found in old Croatian mythology, associated with the sea, navigation and fishing, that was reportedly the eponym of the island of Rab, Mount Korab, and a kind of a boat. [63] Kresnik – character in Slovenian folklore. Together with his brother, Trot, he flew in a golden chariot.
Bies / ˈbjɛs / or bes (Russian: бес [ˈbʲɛs]) is an evil spirit or demon in Slavic mythology. Under the influence of Christianity the word often became synonymous with chort. After the acceptance of Christianity the bies (same as chort or czort) became identified with the devil, corresponding to the being referred to in Ancient Greek, as ...
Rusalka. In Slavic folklore, the rusalka (plural: rusalki; Cyrillic: русалка, plural: русалки; Polish: rusałka, plural: rusałki) is a female entity, often malicious toward mankind and frequently associated with water, it has counterparts in other parts of Europe, such as the French Melusine and the Germanic Nixie.
Tugarin. Tugarin (Russian: Тугарин) is a mythical creature in Eastern European bylinas and fairy tales, which personifies evil and cruelty and appears in a dragon -like form.
A strzyga is a usually female demon similar to vampire in Slavic (and especially Polish) folklore. People who were born with two hearts and two souls, and two sets of teeth (the second one barely visible) were believed to be strzygi. [6][2] Somnambulics or people without armpit hair could also be seen as ones. [9]
Description. The Fiery Serpent generally resembles a glowing, fiery rocket, a flaming broom, or a ball of blue fire. According to the mythology, it is an evil spirit that reveals itself at night. The serpent has been portrayed as a spirit that presents itself as the form of a lost love to widows or women grieving the loss of a lover.