Spirits Flashcards
1
Q
Forest spirit
A
Leshii
Found in dense forest
Can take many forms
Loves gambling
Woodcutters befriend him
2
Q
Water spirit/ dead girl spirit
A
Rusalka
Young women dead before babies/married
Live in trees/riverbanks
Love dancing
Lure men to death
3
Q
Bath house demon
A
Bannik
Bath house = banya
Attack those who go to the bathouse alone, at dark
See him= not good
Hear him = bad luck
4
Q
Water spirit
A
Vodianoi
Water tsar very unstable fish man Big! Can drown you Responsible for storms Springs are female and provide life
5
Q
Hobgoblin kikimora
A
Poltergiest Brings nightmares Makes spooky noises Is very small ugly woman Immitates animal sounds to lure outside Seeing her is bad luck
6
Q
Mid day or field spirit
A
Poludennitsa or polevik
Appears in a form of young woman in white
Can kill people in summer heat by twisting their neck
Can protect crops from heat
7
Q
Devil
A
Chyort
Lives in a sepret invisible dimension, do various things
8
Q
House Spirit
A
Domovoi First ancestor Lives by hearth Protects house If he moans calamity will befall you Taken by embers to houses
9
Q
Name Spirits
A
Domovoi Leshii Vodianoi Rusalka Bannik Kikimora Polludenitsa Chyort
