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Pages in category "Slavic legendary creatures" The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total. ... Babay (Slavic folklore) Bauk (mythology) Blud;
The videogame Quest For Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness, set in the Slavic countryside of a fictional east-European valley, features several Slavic fairies, including the Rusalka, Domovoy, and Leshy. Catherynne Valente's novel Deathless is set in a fantasy version of Stalinist Russia and features vila, rusalka, leshy, and other Slavic fairies.
The Slavic Myths. co-author Svetlana Slapsak. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500025017. Graves, Robert (1987). New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology: With an Introduction by Robert Graves. Gregory Alexinsky. Nowy Jork: CRESCENT BOOKS. ISBN 0-517-00404-6. Lajoye, Patrice (2022). Mythologie et religion des Slaves païens. Les Belles Lettres.
A priest of Svantevit depicted on a stone from Arkona, now in the church of Altenkirchen, Rügen.. Slavic paganism, Slavic mythology, or Slavic religion is the religious beliefs, myths, and ritual practices of the Slavs before Christianisation, which occurred at various stages between the 8th and the 13th century.
Ivan Bilibin's illustration to a Russian fairy tale about the Firebird, 1899. In Slavic mythology and folklore, the Firebird (Russian: жар-пти́ца, romanized: zhar-ptitsa; Ukrainian: жар-пти́ця, zhar-ptytsia; Serbo-Croatian: žar-ptica, жар-птица; Bulgarian: Жар-птица, romanized: Zhar-ptitsa; Macedonian: Жар-птица, romanized: Žar-ptica; Polish: Żar ...
Strzyga (Polish pronunciation: [ˈstʂɨɡa], plural: strzygi, masculine: strzygoń) is usually a female demon in Slavic mythology, which stems from the mythological Strix of ancient Rome and ancient Greece. [1] The demon is similar to a vampire, [2] and is predominantly found in Polish and Silesian folklore.
A Slavic dragon is any dragon in Slavic mythology, including the Polish żmij, Russian zmei (or zmey; змей), Ukrainian zmiy , and its counterparts in other Slavic cultures (See § Forms below). The physiognomy resembles a combination of the classical dragon and a snake (as a winged serpent), less often depicted with two legs and/or more ...
Toponyms and Slavic mythology iewrn Macedonia. Numerous toponyms relate to Slavic gods or mythological creatures. Veles - (Macedonian: Велес) is a city in Macedonia that has the name of the Slavic god Veles. He is the god of wine, music and cattle.