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  2. Kallikantzaros - Wikipedia

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    One such theory connects them to the masquerades of the ancient Roman winter festival of Bacchanalia, and earlier the Greek Dionysia. [ citation needed ] During the drunken, orgiastic parts of the festivals, people wearing masks, hidden under costumes in bestial shapes yet still appearing humanoid, may have made an exceptional impression on the ...

  3. Anastenaria - Wikipedia

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    The Bulgarian and Greek villages perform a unique annual ritual cycle, which begins on May 21 and ends on May 23 every year. The central figures of the tradition are Saint Constantine and Saint Helen, but all the significant days in this cycle coincide with important days in the Greek Orthodox calendar and are related to various Christian saints.

  4. Ala (demon) - Wikipedia

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    The appearance of an ala is diversely and often vaguely described in folklore. A given ala may look like a black wind, a gigantic creature of indistinct form, a huge-mouthed, humanlike, or snakelike monster, a female dragon, or a raven. An ala may also assume various human or animal shapes, and can even possess a person's body.

  5. Slavic water spirits - Wikipedia

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    The Proto-Slavic root *navь-, which forms one of the names for these beings, means "dead", [3] as these minor goddesses are conceived as the spirits of dead children or young women. They are represented as half-naked beautiful girls with long hair, but in the South Slavic tradition also as birds who soar in the depths of the skies.

  6. Category:Female demons - Wikipedia

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    Female evil spirits or malicious monsters in folklore, legends, and mythology. These monstrous women are often portrayed as predatory creatures, who are usually seen seducing male humans or snatching young children in order to kill, eat, or otherwise harm them.

  7. Tsarichina - Wikipedia

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    The town is known for its alleged paranormal activity. In the early 1990s, it was nicknamed "Bulgaria's Area 51" [2] due to the local "Tsarichina Hole". This hole was dug by the Ministry of Defence of Bulgaria, who excavated an area in the center of the village during a project active from 6 December 1990 to 19 November 1992.

  8. Koliada (deity) - Wikipedia

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    Koliada or Koleda (Bulgarian: Коледа, romanized: Koleda) is a Slavic pseudo-deity, a personification of the newborn winter Sun [1] and symbol of the New Year's cycle. [2] The figure of Koliada is connected with the solar cycle, (the Slavic root *kol- suggests a wheel or circularity [ citation needed ] ) passing through the four seasons ...

  9. Samodiva (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    In Bulgarian folklore, they are associated with places related to water - wells, rivers, lakes. [3] Thus, there are landmarks in Bulgaria that have the word "samodiva" or "samovila" in them. An example of that are the Samodivski Lakes in the Pirin Mountain. Specifically, they live under large old trees, in abandoned sheds or in dark caves that ...