List of Slavic deities
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This is a list of Slavic deities
, spirits and mythological creatures.
Slavic mythology
Slavic mythology is the mythological aspect of the polytheistic religion that was practised by the Slavs before Christianisation.The religion possesses many common traits with other religions descended from the Proto-Indo-European religion....
, spirits and mythological creatures.
Deities
Major gods
- BangpūtysBangputysBangpūtys is the name of a masculine deity in Lithuanian mythology. Basing on very scanty sources, some mythologists have reconstructed him as a god of sea and storm. According to the reconstructions, he is austere and unrelenting. He has a beard, wings and two faces...
- God of seas and storms - DažbogDazbogDažbog , alternatively Dazhbog, Dazbog, Dazhdbog, or Dadzbóg, was one of the major gods of Slavic mythology, most likely a solar deity and possibly a cultural hero...
- Sun god, possibly a culture heroCulture heroA culture hero is a mythological hero specific to some group who changes the world through invention or discovery...
and a source of wealth and power - JariloJariloJarilo , alternatively Yarilo, Iarilo, or Gerovit, was a major male Proto-Slavic deity of vegetation, fertility and spring, also associated with war and harvest.-Sources:...
- God of vegetation, fertility and spring; also associated with war and harvest - MoranaMarzannaMaržanna, Mara, Maržena, Morana, Moréna, Mora, Marmora or Morena is a Slavic goddess associated with death, winter and nightmares. Some sources equate her with the Latvian goddess Māra, who takes a person's body after their death...
- Goddess of harvest, witchcraft, winter and death - PerunPerunIn Slavic mythology, Perun is the highest god of the pantheon and the god of thunder and lightning. His other attributes were the fire, mountains, the oak, iris, eagle, firmament , horses and carts, weapons and war...
- God of thunder and lightning - RodRod (god)Rod is a Slavic deity, often mentioned in the Old Church Slavonic didactic literature which was directed against pagans...
- The birth-giver, creator of all existent. Supreme god, according to some theories - SvarogSvarogSvarog is a Slavic deity known primarily from the Hypatian Codex, a Slavic translation of the Chronicle of John Malalas. Svarog is there identified with Hephaestus, the god of the blacksmith in ancient Greek religion, and as the father of Dažbog, a Slavic solar deity...
- God of fire, sometimes described as a smith god - SvetovidSvetovidSventevith, Sventovid , Svyatovit , Svyatovid , Svyentovit , Svetovid , Suvid Sventevith, Sventovid (Russian and Bulgarian, and alternative name in Serbo-Croatian), Svyatovit (Ukrainian), Svyatovid (alternative name in Ukrainian), Svyentovit (alternative name in Ukrainian), Svetovid (Serbian,...
- God of war, fertility and abundance - TriglavTriglav (mythology)Triglav also sometimes called troglav is a deity in Slavic mythology.It is generally believed that Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia and Troglav, highest peak of Dinara in Bosnia and...
- Three-headed god - VelesVeles (god)Veles also known as Volos is a major Slavic supernatural force of earth, waters and the underworld, associated with dragons, cattle, magic, musicians, wealth and trickery...
- God of earth, waters, and the underworld - ZariaZaria (goddess)Zaria or Zoria is the goddess of beauty in Slavic mythology. A once-popular goddess also associated with the morning, Zaria was known to her worshippers as "the heavenly bride." She was greeted at dawn as "the brightest maiden, pure, sublime, honorable." She was also known as a water priestess...
- Goddess of beauty - Živa - Goddess of love and fertility
- The Zorya - Three (or two) guardian goddesses that represent the morning, evening and midnight stars
Other gods
- BelobogBelobogBelobog, Belbog, Bialbog, Byelobog, Bielobog, Belun, Bylun, is a reconstructed Slavic deity of light and Sun, the counterpart of dark and cursed Czernobog . It is uncertain whether such a deity was ever worshipped by polytheist Slavs, as there are no reliable historic records which mention this...
- The White God; speculated to be a god of light and sun - Berstuk - Evil WendishWendish mythologyIn 1824 the Danish poet Bernhard Severin Ingemann published his thesis on North-Slavic and Wendish mythology in which he established the following pantheon:First line of gods :...
god of the forest - ChernobogChernobogChernobog is a Slavic deity, about whom much has been speculated but little can be said definitively. The name may also be given as Crnobog, Czernobóg, Černobog, Црнобог, Zernebog and Чернобог, meaning black god...
- The Black God; speculated to be the opposite number of Belobog - DodolaDodolaDodola , Perperuna or Preperuša is an old Slavic tradition....
- Goddess of rain, sometimes believed to be the wife of Perun - DogodaDogodaDogoda is a mythological Polish spirit of the west wind, associated with love and gentleness.See also Polish mythology, Slavic creatures of folklore...
- Polish spirit of the west wind, associated with love and gentleness - DziewonaDziewonaDevana or Dziewanna is the Slavic equivalent of the Roman goddess Diana, whose name is said to appear very late in Slavic history. However, all her names that derive from Slavic translate to "The Maiden"....
- Virgin goddess of the hunt; equivalent of the RomanRoman mythologyRoman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system, as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans...
goddess Diana, or Greek goddess ArtemisArtemisArtemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Her Roman equivalent is Diana. Some scholars believe that the name and indeed the goddess herself was originally pre-Greek. Homer refers to her as Artemis Agrotera, Potnia Theron: "Artemis of the wildland, Mistress of Animals"... - DzydzilelyaDzydzilelyaDzydzilelya is the Polish Goddess of love and marriage and of sexuality and fertility. She is similar to Venus, Aphrodite, Freyja and other goddesses of this nature.See also Polish mythology...
- Polish goddess of love, marriage, sexuality and fertility - Flins - Wendish god of death
- HorsHorsIn Slavic mythology, Hors is the Slavic sun god.The name Hors comes from the Iranian languages — see , Middle Persian: xvaršêt, «shining sun»....
- God of the winter sun, healing, survival, and the triumph of health over illness - IpabogIpabogIpabog was a demigod in Wendish mythology. He was a famous hunter and a hero.Ipabog Probably god of the hunt. Depicted as a small figure with a huge head, with a long, straight beard, prominent cheekbones. He wears a round helmet with two horns and a formless gown which reaches down to the knees...
- God of the hunt - JuthrbogJuthrbogIn Wendish mythology Juthrbog is the god of the moon....
- Wendish moon god - KarewitKarewitIn Wendish mythology Karewit is the protector of the ancient town of Charenza on Rugia. Depicted alone, his naked statue has a head with two faces, an oxen's head on his chest and a rooster's head on his belly. Depicted together with Rugiewit, he has six heads, four male and two female ones. His...
- Wendish protector of the town of CharenzaCharenzaCharenza, also Karentia or Karenz, later also Gharense, was a medieval burgh on the island of Rügen. It was the administrative center of the Rani tribe and of the Principality of Rugia. Today, the remnants are called Venzer Burgwall.... - Kresnik (deity) - Fire god
- KupaloKupalaPolish Noc Świętojańska or Sobótka Russian, Ukrainian Ніч на Купала or Купало/Купайло and Belarusian Купала may mean the traditional fest or the name of a putative god...
- God of fertility - KoliadaKoliadaKoliada, in Slavic mythology, is the name of a goddess of the sky stemming from the Greek kalandai and the Latin calendae. She brings up a new sun every day; for that reason, she is hunted by Mara to stop her and cause total darkness...
- Goddess of the sky, responsible for the sunrise - Lada - FakeloricFakeloreFakelore or Pseudo-folklore is inauthentic, manufactured folklore presented as if it were genuinely traditional. The term can refer to new stories or songs made up, or to folklore that is reworked and modified for modern tastes...
goddess of harmony, merriment, youth, love and beauty, constructed by scholars during the RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not... - MarowitMarowitIn Wendish mythology Marowit is the god of nightmares....
- Wendish god of nightmares - MarzyanaMarzyanaMarzyana is the Polish Goddess of the Grain, presiding over harvest and can be comparable to Demeter....
- Polish goddess of the grain - Matka Gabia - Polish goddess of the home and hearth
- MokoshMokoshMokoš is a Slavic goddess attested in the Primary Chronicle, connected with female activities such as shearing, spinning and weaving....
- Goddess connected with female activities such as shearing, spinning and weaving - Myesyats - God of the moon
- Oynyena MariaOynyena Mariain Polish mythology, Oynyena Maria is the "Fiery Mary," a fire goddess who assists and counsels the thunder God Piorun.This divinity also appears with southern slavs, and is usually considered to be the sister of the thunder god/saint....
- Polish fire goddess who assists Perun - OźwienaOzwienaOźwiena was the goddess of echo in the Slavic mythology. She is similar to the Greek nymph Echo.Her figure was connected to the human communication and the divulgation of discourses and actions. As the goddess of gossip, she was unable to keep any secret or private conversation. If she disliked...
- Goddess of echoEcho (phenomenon)In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo is a reflection of sound, arriving at the listener some time after the direct sound. Typical examples are the echo produced by the bottom of a well, by a building, or by the walls of an enclosed room and an empty room. A true echo is a single...
, gossip, fame and glory - PeklencPeklencPeklenc was a chthonic deity of the Slavic mythology. He was the lord of the underground and a divine judge....
- God of the underground and a divine judge - PercunatelPercunatelPercunatel is a Polish goddess that is purported to be Piorun's mother.See also: Polish mythology...
- Polish goddess, purported to be Perun's mother - Pereplut - Goddess of drink and changing fortunes
- PodagaPodagaIn Wendish mythology Podaga is the weather god and the god of fishing, hunting and farming....
- Wendish god of weather, fishing, hunting and farming - PorewitPorewitPorewit is the West Slavic deity in Wendish mythology revered in the town of Charenza on Rugia.Porewit was the second of the three gods, revered in Charenza, along with Rugiewit and Porenut. A wooden idol of the Porewit stood in the temple, which was dedicated to him. Porewit was depicted with...
- God of the woods, who protected lost voyagers and punished those who mistreated the forest - RadegastRadegast (god)Radegast, also Radigost, Redigast, Riedegost or Radogost, is mentioned by Adam of Bremen in his Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum as the deity worshipped in the Lutician city of Rethra. Likewise, Helmold in his Chronica Slavorum wrote of Radegast as a Lutician god...
- Possibly a god of hospitality, fertility and crops - RugiewitRugiewitDavor was a Slavic deity. In a questionable interpretation he is seen by some as a local personification of the all-Slavic god of war Perun worshipped in all areas where the Slavic mythology was present....
- Local personification of Perun, worshipped by members of the RaniRani (Slavic tribe)The Rani or Rujani were a West Slavic tribe based on the island of Rugia and the southwestern mainland across the Strelasund in what is today northeastern Germany....
in CharenzaCharenzaCharenza, also Karentia or Karenz, later also Gharense, was a medieval burgh on the island of Rügen. It was the administrative center of the Rani tribe and of the Principality of Rugia. Today, the remnants are called Venzer Burgwall.... - SiebogSiebogIn Slavic mythology Siebog is the god of love and marriage. He is consort to the goddess of love and marriage Živa....
- God of love and marriage; consort of Živa - SiliniezSiliniezSiliniez is a pagan wood-god from Polish mythology for whom moss was sacred; his altar fire was kept burning only with moss....
- Polish woodland god for whom moss was sacred - StribogStribogStribog in the Slavic pantheon, is the god and spirit of the winds, sky and air; he is said to be the ancestor of the winds of the eight directions. The etymology of the name is disputed, see ....
- God and spirit of the winds, sky and air - SudiceSudice (mythology)The Sudice are the "Fates" of Slavic mythology. Spirits of judgement that meted out fortune, destiny, judgement and in some cases, fatality, when a child was born. In Czech and Slovak languages, they are called Sudičky...
- The Fates of Polish mythology, who meted out fortune, destiny, judgement and in some cases, fatality, when a child was born - SudzSudzSudz is a Polish god of destiny and glory. Those born at the time when he strews gold in his palace are destined to be wealthy. When he scatters earthen clods, those born are destined for poverty....
- Polish god of destiny and glory - TawalsTawalsIn pre-Christian Polish mythology, Tawals is a blessing-bringing god of the meadows and fields....
- Blessing-bringing god of the meadows and fields - VarpulisVarpulisAccording to Slavic mythology, Varpulis is an Eastern European deity known in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, and Croatia, and is god of storm winds and companion of the thunder god Perun or Pyerun.-References:*...
- God of storm winds and companion of Perun - ZemeŽemynaŽemyna is the goddess of the earth in Lithuanian mythology. She is usually regarded as mother goddess and one of the chief Lithuanian gods similar to Latvian Zemes māte. Žemyna personifies the fertile earth and nourishes all life on earth, human, plant, and animal. All that is born of earth will...
- Goddess of the earth - ZirnitraZirnitraIn Wendish mythology Zirnitra, or Zir, is a black Slavic dragon and the god of sorcery. The image of Zirnitra was employed on a Wendish flag when the Wends fought the invading Saxons. Zirnitra literally means magically empowered....
- Dragon god of sorcery - ZislbogZislbogZislbog was a goddess of the moon in Wendish mythology. By the name of Kricco the Wends worshipped her as the protector of the seed....
- Wendish moon goddess; also known as Kricco, goddess of the seed - Złota Baba - Polish goddess known as the "Golden Woman"
- ŻywieZywieŻywie, in Western Slavic mythology, was the goddess of health and healing. She is associated as the spirit of the dead worshipped by the Lusatians, and is also the goddess of regeneration and rebirth....
- Goddess of health and healing
Spirits and demons
- AlaAla (demon)An ala or hala is a female mythological creature recorded in the folklore of Bulgarians, Macedonians, and Serbs. Ale are considered demons of bad weather whose main purpose is to lead hail-producing thunderclouds in the direction of fields, vineyards, or orchards to destroy the crops, or loot and...
- Demons of bad weather - Baba YagaBaba YagaBaba Yaga or Baba Roga is a haggish or witchlike character in Slavic folklore. She flies around on a giant pestle, kidnaps small children, and lives in a hut that stands on chicken legs...
- A witch-like character who eats small children and lives in a house which stands on chicken feetChicken feetChicken feet are a part of the chicken that is eaten in Mexican, Chinese, Trinidadian, Jamaican, South African, Peruvian, Dominican, Philippine cuisine and middle east. Most of the edible meat on the feet consists of skin and tendons, without much muscle. This gives the feet a distinct texture... - BagiennikBagiennikBagiennik was the name of water demons in the Slavic mythology. They were akin to the bathhouse spirit Bannik. They were subject to Wąda, lady of the lakes and the shallow streams, also known as the Queen of the Underwater Lawns....
- Water demons who lived in lakes and rivers - BannikBannikBannik is the bathhouse spirit in Slavic mythology. Slavic bathhouses resemble saunas, with an inner steaming room and an outer changing room. A place where women gave birth and practiced divinations, the bathhouse was strongly endowed with vital forces...
- A bathhousePublic bathingPublic baths originated from a communal need for cleanliness. The term public may confuse some people, as some types of public baths are restricted depending on membership, gender, religious affiliation, or other reasons. As societies have changed, public baths have been replaced as private bathing...
spirit with the ability to predict the future - BiesBiesBies or bes was an evil spirit or demon in Slavic mythology. The word is synonymous with chort.After the acceptance of Christianity the bies became identified with the devil, corresponding to the being referred to in Ancient Greek, as either daimon , daimónion or pneuma...
- An evil spirit - BludBludBlud, one of the Slavic fairies in Slavic mythology, is an evil-deity that causes disorientation and leads a person aimlessly around and round. The term also refers to illicit fornication, the desire for which Slavic clerics claimed to come from the Devil....
- An evil spirit who causes disorientation - BoginkiBoginkiThe Boginki are spirits in Polish mythology. Traditionally, covens of old women would perform sacrifices and rituals for the nymphs of the riverbanks. Boginki were said to steal babies from their human parents that were replaced with Odmience – the Changed Ones...
- Polish spirits who were said to steal babies and replace them with OdmienceOdmienceIn Polish mythology, the Odmieńce are the changelings left behind by the Boginki.... - Dola - Protective spirits who embody human fate
- DomovoiDomovoiA domovoi or domovoy is a house spirit in Slavic folklore. The plural form in Russian can be transliterated domoviye or domovye ....
- Household spirits
- DrekavacDrekavacDrekavac , also called drek and drekalo 'дрекавац' in Serbian is a mythical creature in south Slavic mythology.-Original beliefs:Drekavac come from the souls of children who have died unbaptised....
- A creature believed to come from the soul of a dead unbaptisedBaptismIn Christianity, baptism is for the majority the rite of admission , almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally and also membership of a particular church tradition...
child - GermanGerman (mythology)German is a South Slavic mythological being, recorded in the folklore of eastern Serbia and northern Bulgaria. He is a male spirit associated with bringing rain and hail. His influence on these precipitations can be positive, resulting with the amount of rain beneficial for agriculture, or...
- A male spirit associated with rain and hail - KikimoraKikimoraKikimora is a legendary creature, a female house spirit in Slavic mythology, fin: Kikke Mörkö , sometimes said to be married to the Domovoi...
- Female household spirit, sometimes said to be married to the Domovoi - KoscheiKoscheiIn Slavic folklore, Koschei is an archetypal male antagonist, described mainly as abducting the hero's wife. None of the existing tales actually describes his appearance, though in book illustrations, cartoons and cinema he has been most frequently represented as a very old and ugly-looking man...
- An evil being who cannot be killed because his soul is hidden separate from his body - Leshy - Woodland spirits who protect wild animals and forests
- LikhoLikhoLikho, liho is an embodiment of evil fate and misfortune in Slavic mythology, a creature with one eye, often depicted as an old, skinny woman in black or as an evil male goblin of forests...
- A one-eyed embodiment of evil fate and misfortune - PolevikPolevikPolevik in Polish mythology are field spirits that appear as a deformed dwarfs with different coloured eyes and grass instead of hair. They appear either at noon or sunset and wear either all black or all white suits...
- Field spirits who appear either at noonNoonNoon is usually defined as 12 o'clock in the daytime. The word noon is also used informally to mean midday regarding the location of the sun not the middle of a persons day. Although this is a time around the middle of the day when people in many countries take a lunch break...
or at sunsetSunsetSunset or sundown is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon in the west as a result of Earth's rotation.The time of sunset is defined in astronomy as the moment the trailing edge of the Sun's disk disappears below the horizon in the west... - Polunocnica - "Lady Midnight", a demoness said to frighten children at night
- PscipolnitsaLady MiddayPscipolnitsa is a character of myth and tradition, common to much of Eastern Europe.Referred to as Południca in Polish, Полудница in Serbian, Polednice in Czech, Poludnica in Slovak, Полудница in Bulgarian, and Полудница in Russian, the Pscipolnitsa is a noon demon in Slavic mythology...
- "Lady Midday"; a noon demon who roamed the fields and struck down workers with heatstroke - RarógRarógIn Slavic mythology, the Raróg , sometimes also known as Zhar Ptitsa or Żar Ptak, is a hawk, falcon, or fiery dwarf who turns himself into a whirlwind. The word 'Raróg' seems to be a late bastardization of the name Svarog. In Lusatia and the Urals it was customary to throw a knife into a whirlwind...
- Creature who turns himself into a whirlwind - RusalkaRusalkaIn Slavic mythology, a rusalka was a female ghost, water nymph, succubus, or mermaid-like demon that dwelled in a waterway....
- Often-malevolent female ghostGhostIn traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to...
s, water nymphNymphA nymph in Greek mythology is a female minor nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from gods, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing;...
s, succubiSuccubusIn folklore traced back to medieval legend, a succubus is a female demon appearing in dreams who takes the form of a human woman in order to seduce men, usually through sexual intercourse. The male counterpart is the incubus...
or mermaidMermaidA mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a female human head, arms, and torso and the tail of a fish. A male version of a mermaid is known as a "merman" and in general both males and females are known as "merfolk"...
-like demons that dwelled in waterways - ShishigaShishigaShishiga is a female creature similar to the wood-goblin in Russian folklore and mythology. It is described as a white nude and tousled and is considered to harass the people and bring misfortune to the drunkards....
- Female creature who harasses people and brings misfortune to drunkards - SkrzakSkrzakThe skrzak or skrzat is a little flying imp in Polish and Wendish mythology....
- A flying impImpAn imp is a mythological being similar to a fairy or demon, frequently described in folklore and superstition. The word may perhaps derive from the term ympe, used to denote a young grafted tree.-Folklore:... - StuhaćStuhacStuhać is a demonic mythical creature in Serbian mythology, recorded in Herzegovina. Though its name is similar with zduhać, there is no actual similarity....
- A demonic, mountain-dwelling creature - TopielecTopielecTopielec , Vodník or Utopiec is a name applied to Slavic spirits of water. The topielce are spirits of human souls that died drowning, residing in the element of their own demise. They are responsible for sucking people into swamps and lakes as well as killing the animals standing near the still...
- Malevolent spirits of human souls that died drowning - Vampir - A revenant that feeds on the blood of the living
- VilaSlavic fairiesFairies in Slavic mythology come in several forms and their names are spelled differently based on the specific language. Among the ones listed below there were also khovanets , dolia , polyovyk or polevoi , perelesnyk , lesovyk or leshyi , blud , mara Fairies in Slavic mythology come in several...
- Fairy-like spirits - Vodyanoy - A male water spirit
- VucariWerewolfA werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope , is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse...
- Wolf-humans - ZduhaćZduhacA zduhać , vetrovnjak, zmajevit, oblačar, or gradobranitelj was, in Serbian tradition, a man with the special ability to protect his estate, village, or region against destructive weather conditions, such as storms, hail, or torrential rains...
- A man with extraordinary supernatural abilities
Creatures
- AlkonostAlkonostThe Alkonost is, according to Russian folklore, a creature with the body of a bird but the head of a beautiful woman. It makes sounds that are amazingly beautiful, and those who hear these sounds forget everything they know and want nothing more ever again, rather like the sirens of Greek myth. ...
- A legendary bird with the head and chest of a woman - BukavacBukavacBukavac is a demonic mythical creature in Serbian mythology; belief about it existed in Srem.Bukavac was sometimes imagined as a six-legged monster with gnarled horns. He lives in lakes and big pools, coming out of the water during the night making big noise , jumping onto people and animals and...
- A six-legged monster with gnarled horns who lived in lakes and attacked during the night - CikavacCikavacCikavac is a mythical creature in Serbian mythology, imagined as a winged animal with long beak and a sack.A cikavac could be acquired by taking an egg from a black hen, which would then be carried by a woman under her armpit for 40 days, during which time one would not confess, cut nails, wash...
- A winged animal that would fulfill its owner's wishes and enable its owner to understand the animal language - Firebird - A magical glowing bird which is both a blessing and bringer of doom to its captor
- GamayunGamayunGamayun is a prophetic bird of Russian folklore. It is a symbol of wisdom and knowledge and lives on an island in the east, close to paradise. Like the Sirin and the Alkonost, the Gamayun is normally depicted as a large bird with a woman's head....
- A prophetic bird with the head of a woman - Karzełek - A dwarfDwarfIn Germanic mythology, a dwarf is a being that dwells in mountains and in the earth, and is associated with wisdom, smithing, mining, and crafting...
who lived in mines and underground workings, and was a guardian of gems, crystals, and precious metals - PsoglavPsoglavPsoglav is a demonic mythical creature in Serbian mythology; belief about it existed in parts of Bosnia and Montenegro. Psoglav was described as having a human body with horse legs, and dog's head with iron teeth and a single eye on the forehead....
- A demonic creature described as having a human body with horse legs, and dog's head with iron teeth and a single eye on the forehead - PsotnikPsotnikPsotnik is an elf, "mischief maker", in Polish mythology....
- An elfElfAn elf is a being of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of divine beings endowed with magical powers, which they use both for the benefit and the injury of mankind... - SimarglSimarglSemargl or Simargl is a deity or mythical creature in East Slavic mythology. An idol of Semargl was present in the pantheon of Great Prince Vladimir I of Kiev. It may be the equivalent of Simurgh in Persian mythology who is also represented like a griffin with a dog body...
- The father of Skif, founder of ScythiaScythiaIn antiquity, Scythian or Scyths were terms used by the Greeks to refer to certain Iranian groups of horse-riding nomadic pastoralists who dwelt on the Pontic-Caspian steppe...
; often portrayed as a large dog with wings - SirinSirinSirin is a mythological creature of Russian legends, with the head and chest of a beautiful woman and the body of a bird . According to myth, the Sirins lived "in Indian lands" near Eden or around the Euphrates River....
- A creature with the head and chest of a woman and the body of a bird - Zmey - A dragon-like creature
See also
- Slavic fairiesSlavic fairiesFairies in Slavic mythology come in several forms and their names are spelled differently based on the specific language. Among the ones listed below there were also khovanets , dolia , polyovyk or polevoi , perelesnyk , lesovyk or leshyi , blud , mara Fairies in Slavic mythology come in several...
- Legendary creatures
- List of deities
- Christian mythologyChristian mythologyChristian mythology is the body of myths associated with Christianity. In the study of mythology, the term "myth" refers to a traditional story, often one which is regarded as sacred and which explains how the world and its inhabitants came to have their present form.Classicist G.S. Kirk defines a...
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