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Leshy or Leshi [a] is a tutelary deity of the forest in pagan Slavic mythology.As Leshy rules over the forest and hunting, he may be related to the Slavic god Porewit. [1]A similar deity called Svyatibor (Svyatobor, Svyatibog) is thought to have been revered by both the Eastern and Western Slavs as the divine arbiter of woodland realms, and/or the sovereign ruler over other diminutive forest ...
A leshy (also, leshii, [19] "wood demon" [20]) is a forest spirit who has mastery over the woods. His appearance varies across stories, but he is consistently male. [19] Generally the leshy is pictured as human-like, but can also appear in the form of an animal or, in one case, a mushroom. [19]
Leshy, is a tutelary deity of the forests in pagan Slavic mythology along with his wife Leshachikha(or the Kikimora) and children (leshonki, leszonky). Meliae, the nymphs of the Fraxinus (Ash tree) in Greek mythology; Metsaema, mother of the forest in Estonian mythology; Metsavana, old man of the forest in Estonian mythology
Vodyanoy by Ivan Bilibin, 1934. In Slavic mythology, vodyanoy (Russian: водяной, IPA: [vədʲɪˈnoj]; lit. '[he] from the water' or 'watery') is a water spirit.In Czech and Slovak fairy tales, he is called vodník (or in Germanized form: Hastrman), and often referred to as Wassermann in German sources.
The character is the transformation of the pagan Slavic leshy in post-Christianization times. Boruta is also referred to as błotnik , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] a swamp spirit. He was usually considered to be a nobleman , and accordingly, he was usually busy with corrupting nobles, leaving other social classes to other devils - like Rokita the devil from the ...
Leshi (Burmese: လေရှီးမြို့; also spelt Lashi or Layshi), is a town in Naga Hills of Sagaing Division on the north-west frontier of Burma.According to the new 2008 Constitution of the military regime, it will now be grouped together with Lahe and Nanyun in Naga Self-Administered Zone. [1]
Bolotniki (plural) are rarely found in folklore, and the swamp-dwelling spirit was often thought of as a kind of vodyanoy, leshy [3] or chort. The image of a bolotnitsa was mixed with those of a rusalka , a vodyaniha , a leshachikha , a «wild hag» and a swamp kikimora .
Horus, with Falcon's head A medieval depiction of a harpy as a bird-woman. Alkonost – A creature from Russian folklore with the head of a woman with the body of a bird, said to make beautiful sounds that make anyone who hears them forget all that they know and not want anything more ever again.