Slavic Spirits Master List: a Catalog of English Language References Slove[h]ni[b]skoje Duxi, Bogi & Bogy filename: slavic_spirit_masterlist_v5.txt last modified: 04-06-2005 version: 5 maintained by: Volkhvy@StoneDragonPress.com for the use of all Slavic Reconstructionist groups Note: due to the difficulty in properly displaying non-Latin diacritic marks with Western European (ISO) encoding – across multiple browsers and platforms – when a letter should be modifed by a diacritic it will be shown unmodified followed by the modifying diacritic code. i.e. "c[h]" is the letter "c modified with the ha[a]c[h]ek or caron diacritic" -- see Appendix: Diacritics for the list of diacritic codes =========================================================== Spirit List: • Alkonost [Rus] 6 - necrotic / prognostic spirit - infer - female 6,15 - presides over land of the dead 6 - appears as a half-woman, half-bird 6,15 - bird of sorrow and melancholy 15 - whoever hears Alkonost's song forgets everything 15 - the Bird of Sorrow * - sister to Sirin * aka Alconest * * http://www.sirin.com/docs/etymolog.htm * link good as of: 12-22-2004 • As-ava [Rus] 6 - guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - fresh water 6 • Avet [Yug] 24 - necrotic spirit - infer - male / female 24 - soul of a prematurely deceased person (unclean dead) 24 aka Avetinja 24 aka Avijes 24 • Azdaja [Yug] 24 - malevolent being 24 - snake-like creature with several heads 24 - lives in the lakes, deep waters or caves 24 aka Azdaa 24 aka Azdava 24 aka Azdaj 24 aka Azdaha 24 aka Azder 24 aka Ezder 24 aka Hazdaja 24 aka Hala 24 aka Ala 24 • Baba Marta [Yug] 24 - malefic spirit 24 - female - infer - baba [OCS] (grandmother) 6,7 - personification of the cold weather during March 24 • Baba Yaga 1,3,6,8,10,12,14,18,20 - elemental / guardian / necrotic spirit - infer - female 1,3,4,5,6,8,10,12,14,18,20 - benevolent / malevolent 3,4,5,16,18 - baba [OCS] (grandmother) 6,7 - baba [OCS] (nurse -- grandmother, midwife, old woman) 27 - je[o]dza [OCS] (disease -- witch, terror) 27 - appears as a hideous old hag with razor sharp teeth 18 - old woman (baba) 14,18 - yaga (hag) 18 - presides over birth & death 5 - presides over death & regeneration 6,20 - guardian of the water of death & the water of life 1,3,8,10,18 see Ved'ma - infer - aids those strong & pure of heart 3,5,6 - eats those who aren't 5,6 - cannibalistic 1,5,6,8,20 - to survive a visit to Baba Yaga's house - civility 18 - humility 18 - intelligence 18 - leader of a host of spirits 5,6 - sometimes three Baba Yagas / sisters 1,8 - associated with the last sheaf of wheat 6 - 'Great Mother' 6 - 'Queen of the Wheat' 6 - 'Mother of the Wheat-Ear' 6 - 'Old Strumpet' 6 - 'Old Woman' 6 - rotating house on bird's feet 3,4,5,6,8,10,12,18 - fence of bones & topped with skulls 5,6,8,10,12,18 - flies in a mortar, using a pestle to steer 8,10,12,18 - sweeping behind her with a birch broom 8,10,18 - mother of malevolent spirits 6 - ally of Zmei Gorynich 10,21 - similar to Berchta * [Ger] 8 * http://www.thorshof.org/goddesses.htm * link good as of: 12-22-2004 aka Baba Jaga >BAH-bah YAH-gah< 4,5,8 aka Yezi Baba [Pol] 4,6 aka Jez[d]i Baba [Pol] >YEH-zhee BAH-bah< 4 aka Jezi Baba [Pol] >YEH-zhee BAH-bah< 5,12 - (Grandmother Bony-shanks) 5,6 - flies in a mortar, using a pestle to steer 5,6,12 - sweeping behind her with a birch broom 5,6 aka Jezibaba [Cz] 6 aka Jazi Baba [Cz] 18 aka Jedza [Pol] 6,18 aka Ienzababa [Pol] 18 - also referred to as: 18 - Guardian of the Underworld 18 - Mistress of the Forest 18 - Goddess of Death & Regeneration 18 - Wolf-Goddess 18 - Bone Mother 18 - Mistress of the Animals 18 - Guardian of the Waters of Life & Death 18 • Babica (sing.) [Yug] 24 Babice (pl.) 24 - necrotic spirit(s) 24 - female 24 - malevolent 24 - bring diseases to the newborns and their mothers 24 - long hair, black clothes 24 - women who died during giving birth becomes babica 24 aka Bapke 24 aka Babile 24 • Bagnica >bahg-NEETS-ah< [Pol] 4,5,6 - wilderness spirit 6 - female 5,6 - marsh, swamp, bog (bagnisko 4 / bagnu 5,6) spirits see Bolotnyi 5,6 • Bannik (sing.) >BAHN-neek< [Rus] [Ukr] 1,2,3,4,5,8,10,11,12,13,14,15,21 Banniki (pl.) 3 - domestic 3,6,14 /prognostic 12,14 spirit - male 1,2,5,6,10,12,13,14,15,21 - benevolent / malevolent 12,13,15 - bathhouse (bania) spirit 1,3,5,6,10,12,13,14,21 - birthing 5,6,12 - magic 5,6 - banya (bathhouse) 2,11,21 - avoid bathing singlely or at night 12 - during Yuletide season 12 - girls & young women allow him to touch them from behind 12 - warm, soft touch: happiness 12 - cold, prickly touch: warning of ill fortune 12 - if offended could suffocate bather 12,13,15 - if offended could burn down bania 12 - no icons or crosses in bania 12 - offerings of soap, fir branches, hot water 5,6,10,21 - offerings of every third or fourth firing 5 - offerings of water in the tub or soap on the bench 8 - husband of Bannikha 12,13,15 aka Bannick 6 aka Bannitsa 4 aka Baniszcze [Pol] 4 • Bannikha [Rus] [Ukr] 12,13,15 - domestic spirit - infer - female 12,13,15 - wife of the Bannik 12,13,15 aka Bainikha 12 aka Bannaia [Rus/Ukr] 12,13,15 • Beda (disaster) 3 - affective / malefic spirit - infer - female 3 - misfortune & disaster 3 • Bereginy 5,6,10,21 - wilderness spirit 6 - female 4,5,6,10,11,13,15,21 - benevolent / malevolent 6 - river bank spirits 4,5,6,10,11,13,15,21 - fertility 6 - hunting 6 - lakes 6,11 / forest 6 - steal babies & leave changelings 4,5,10,21 - Odmience [Pol] 4,5,6 - Oborotni [Rus] 4,5,6 - changeling 15 aka Oboroten' [Rus] 15 - appears as a half-woman & half-bird or half-fish 6 aka Bregini 11 - breg (bank) 11 - kidnap children 11 aka Bereginia [Rus] 13,15 aka Bereguini 4 aka Bo[a]ginki >boo-GIN-kee< [Pol] 4,5,6 - (little goddesses) 6 - steal babies & leave changelings 4,6 - Odmience [Pol] 4,6 - Oborotni [Rus] 4,6 see Nemodilky - infer see Rusalka - infer see (the) Veles - infer see Vila - infer • Bes [pan-Slavic] 24 - malefic spirit 24 - close to the devil 24 - black skin colour, hair, winged, has claws & tail 24 - spread smoke and bad smell 24 - appears as a snake, black dog, bear, soldier, priest 24 - tall antropomorhic malevolent spirit with huge feet [Western Slavs] 24 • Bestalannitsa (luckless) 3 - affective / malefic spirit - infer - female 3 - misfortune 3 • Bialobog 6,11 - elemental / temporal spirit - male 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,11,14,19,21 - benevolent 11,17 - white (bialy) god 1,3,4,5,6,10,14 - white (bel/byal) god (bog) 11 - be[h]lu[b] [OCS] (white) 27 - bogu[b] [OCS] (god) 27 - light / day 4,6,10,11,14 - brightness 6 - source of goodness, happiness, luck 11 - orderly creation 19 - guardian of summer 4 - presides over the waxing year: midwinter to midsummer 5,6 - Koliada (winter solstice) to Kupalo (summer solstice) 5,6 - fights Chernobog every winter & summer soltice 10,21 - appears as an old man with a white beard 1,5,6,10,17,21 - dressed in white & carrying a staff 1,5,6,10,17,21 - brother to Czarnobog 5,6 aka Bialobo[a]g >byah-WOH-book< 5 aka Bial[s]obo[a]g >byah-WOE-boog< [Pol] 4 aka Bielbog 6,14 aka Belobog 1,3,11 - bel/byal (white) 11 - bog (god) 11 aka Belbog >BELL-bog< 6,19,22 aka Byelobog 2,6,10,14,21 - white (byely) god 2,6,21 aka Byelbog 6 aka Bylebog 12 aka Byalbog 11 aka Byelun (the White One) 6 aka Belun 1,10,11,17,21 - [Bel] 10,21 - white god 17 see Dazhbog 11 • Blatnik 11 - malefic / wilderness spirit - infer - male 11 - swamp (blato) 11 - drown passers-by 11 aka Blatnoi 11 • Boginka [Pol] [Svk] [Ukr] 24 - malefic spirit 24 - female 24 - attack pregnant women & steal children 24 - ugly tall women, skinny, huge heads 24 - pale, long hair, huge breasts, swollen bellies 24 - x legs with chicken claws, long arms with three fingers, small red eyes 24 - clothed in white, dark or red, often naked 24 - live in groups (12, 3, seldom 2 or 1) 24 - appear as black dogs, cats, horses without heads, frogs 24 - appear as shadows, mist above water or forest 24 - women who died giving birth or before going to the Church for the first time 24 - spinsters, witches, wind 24 - girls who aborted and aborted children, unbaptized children 24 - live in rivers, streams, mills, forests, mountains, rocks, swamps, under the earth, caves 24 aka Boginia [Pol] 24 - bogini, f. >boh-GEE-nee< [Pol] 4 - infer - goddess 4 - infer aka Ubohenka [Pol] 24 aka Ubogini [Pol] 24 aka Bohynka [Svk] 24 aka Bohyna [Svk] 24 aka Tatipa [Svk] [Ukr] 24 aka Sybiela 24 aka Diablica 24 aka Szarownica 24 aka Babula 24 aka Matrona 24 aka Obluda 24 aka Mara 24 see Mara - infer aka Nocula 24 aka Sidula 24 aka Odmienica 24 aka Czortova Zinka 24 aka Lisnicja 24 • Bolotnyi [Rus] 4,5,6,10,13,15 - wilderness spirit 6 - female 5,6,10 - swamp / bog (boloto [Rus]) spirits 4,5,6,10,13,15 see Bagnica 5,6 • Bozaloshtsh [Wen] 6 - malefic spirit - infer - female 6 - destroyer / fate 6 • Chernogolov (black-head) 3 - affective / malefic spirit - infer - male 3 - misfortune 3 - cherno (black) 11 - glava [OCS] (head) 26 • Chuma (fate) [Bul] [Rus] [Srb] 6 - malefic spirit - infer - female 6 - destroyer 6 - (plague) disease 6 - clothed in white 6 - an owl 6 - destroyer 6 aka Tshuma 6 see Kuga [Cro] [Slo] [Srb] 6 see Mara 6 see Smert 6 • Chur 2,6,22 - ancestral 2 / guardian 22 spirit - natural order 4,6 - boundaries 22 - originally a four-sided stone 22 - later head was added 22 • Cuvto-ava [Rus] 6 - guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - tree guardian 6 - seek her permission / forgiveness before cutting 6 • Czarnobog 12 - elemental / temporal spirit - infer - male 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,11,12,19,21 - malevolent 11 - black (czarne) god 1,5,6,10,17 - c[h]r'nu[b] [OCS] (black) 27 - bogu[b] [OCS] (god) 27 - dark / night 4 6 - darkness 10 - shadow 6 - death 6,11 - destruction 10,19 - presides over the dead & the underworld 11 - presides over the waning year: midsummer to midwinter 5,6 - Kupalo (summer solstice) to Koliada (winter solstice) 5,6 - brother to Bielbog 5,6 - offerings of horses, humans 11 aka Czarnobo[a]g >char-NOH-book< 5,6 aka Czarnobo[a]g >char-NO-boog< [Pol] 4 - female 4 - guardian of winter 4 aka Chernobog 1,2,3,6,10,11,19,21 - black (cherny) god 2 - cherno (black) 11 - bog (god) 11 - black god 21 aka Tschernobog 6 aka Chrnbog 11,12 - black god of the dead 12 - the opposite of Bylebog 12 aka Cernobog 12 aka Czerneboch 12 • Danya 11 - guardian spirit - infer - female 11 - presides over water 11 - associated with Kupalo 11 aka Dana 11 • Datan [Pol] 6,10 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - male 6,10 - guardian of fields 6,10 • Dazhbog >DAZH-bog< [Rus] 1,2,6,7,9,10,11,14,15,17,20,21,22 - celestial / elemental spirit - infer - male 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11,14,15,16,17,19,20,21 - the sun 1,2,4,5,6,8,10,11,14,15,16,19,21 - the sunlight 6,9,14,17 - fire 14,16 & hearth 14 - presides over law & moral order 6,21 - presides over justice 6,10 - (god who gives) 14,19 - (granting god) 17 - bogu[b] [OCS] (god) 27 - festival on the summer soltice 6 - served by: 6 - Zorya Utrennyaya 6 - Zorya Vechernyaya 6 - Vechernyaya Zvezda 6,10,21 - Zvezda Dennitsa 6,10,21 - son to Svarog 3,9,11,15,17,19 - son to Svarog & Zorya Dennitsa or Lada [Pol] 6 - son to Perun & Ros [Rus] 6 - son to Perun 19 - husband to Myesyats 6 - husband to Zorya Utrenyaya 6,21 - husband to Zvezda Dennitsa 6 - husband to Zlatogorka 6 - (Golden Hill) 6 - daughter to Vij 6 - husband to Marena 6 - husband to Zhiva 6 - husband to Lada 10,21 - brother to Svarozhich 11 - brother to Perun 11 - father to Zorya Utrenyaya 6 - father to Zorya Vechernyaya 6 - father to Polunocnica 6 see (the) Zorya 5 aka Daz[h]i[b]bogu[b] 8 - giver of wealth 8 aka Dazhdebog (god of gifts) 3 aka Dazhdbo[a]g >DAHZHd-book< 5 - dati (to give) 5 - son to Swiantowid 5 - nephew to Mjesyas 5 - husband to Mjesyas 5 aka Dazhdbog 11 - dati [Bul] (to give, to donate, to give birth) 11 - dazhd [Bul] (give, donate) 11 - father to Zorya Utrenyaya 5 - father to Zorya Vechernyaya 5 - father to Polunocnica 5 see (the) Zorya 5 aka Dadz[d]bo[a]g 4 aka Dadzbog [Pol] 8 aka Dadz[a]bo[a]g Swaroz[d]yc [Pol] 16 - swar (sun) 16 see Svantovit / S[a]wie[o]towit [Pol] 16 see Svarog / Swaro[a]g [Pol] 16 see Triglav / Trzygl[s]o[a]w [Pol] 16 aka Daz[h]bog 7 aka Dazbog 6,20 - son to Svarog 6,20 aka Da-Bog 14 aka Dabog [Srb] 3,6 - gift giver 3 aka Dajdbog 6,14,19,21 - husband to Morena 19 - husband to Zhiva 19 aka Daybog 11 aka Daszuba 6 aka Dazhb' 6 aka Dassuba 6 aka Dazva 6 aka Xu[b]rsu[b] Daz[h]i[b]bogu[b] 8 see Khors 5,8 see Bialobog / Bielbog 6 • Devana [Cz] 6,10 - wilderness spirit - infer - female 4,5,6,10,20 - forest / the hunt 5,6,10 - appears as a beautiful maiden on a horse accompanied by hounds 6 - cognates with Slavic words for (the maiden) 6 - Diana * [Lat] (?) 5,6 * http://oldweb.uwp.edu/academic/english/canary/romans.html * link good as of: 12-22-2004 aka Debena [Cz] 6 aka Diiwica [Srb] 6 aka Dziewona (jeh-VOH-nah) [Pol] 4,5,6 aka Dziewana 20 aka Dziewanna [Pol] 6 - virgin huntress 6 - guardian of the forest 6 - moon / spring / agriculture / weather 6 aka Zievana 6 aka Zievonia 6 aka Zylvie 6 aka Bogoda 6 • Did 11 - temporal spirit - infer - male 11 - spring / summer 11 - source of joy, happiness, shared love, light, warmth 11 - protector of marriage 11 - son to Lada 11 aka Dit 11 aka Dety 11 see Lel 11 • Di'i 19 - elemental spirit - infer - male 19 - rain 19 - father to Diva 19 • Div (miracle) 3,11 - affective spirit - infer - male 3,11 - miraculous 3 - diviti_se[o] [OCS] (marvel, wonder) 26 - divo [OCS] (miracle) 27 - originator of the universe 11 - lives in the wildwood 3 - divii [OCS] (wild) 27 aka Diy 11 see Rod 11 • Diva 19 - cthtonic spirit - infer - mother 19 - daughter to Di'i 19 - wife to Perun 19 - wife to Veles 19 see Zhiva 11 • Dive Zeny (wild woman) 6 - wilderness spirits - infer - female 6 - divii [OCS] (wild) 27 - zheny [OCS] (woman) 26 - z[h]ena [OCS] 27 - the woods 6 aka Mamony [Pol] 6 see Mamomy - infer aka Divje Devojke 6 see Divi-te Zeni - infer see Divozenky - infer see Dziwozony - infer • (the) Divi-te Zeni [Bul] 6 - wilderness spirits - infer - female 6 - divii [OCS] (wild) 27 - zheny [OCS] (woman) 26 - z[h]ena [OCS] 27 - the woods & mountains 6 aka Samodivi 6 see (the) Veles 6 aka Samovili 6 see Vila 6 see Dive Zeny - infer see Divozenky - infer see Dziwozony - infer • Divi Lyude 11 - wilderness spirits - infer - male & female 11 - malevolent 11 - from wild (div) & people (lyude) 11 - divii [OCS] (wild) 27 - ljudu[b] [OCS] (people) 26 - appear as wild women and/or wild men 11 - covered with dark fur 11 - lives in mountain forests 11 aka Gorski Lyude 11 - gora [OCS] (mountain) 26 - ljudu[b] [OCS] (people) 26 • Divji Moz [Slo] 10,21 - wilderness spirit - infer - male 10,21 - (wild man) 10,21 - divii [OCS] (wild) 27 - mo[o]z[h]i[b] [OCS] (man, husband) 26 - lives in a cave 21 • Divozenky 10,21 - wilderness spirit - infer - wild women 10,21 - divii [OCS] (wild) 27 - zheny [OCS] (woman) 26 - z[h]ena [OCS] 27 - live in the woods & mountains 10,21 - live in underground burrows 21 - have large, square heads with long, thick hair (ruddy or black) 21 - have hairy bodies, and long fingers 21 - steal babies & leave changelings 10,21 - Divous (wild brats) 10,21 - Premien (changelings) 10,21 see Dive Zeny - infer see Divi-te Zeni - infer see Dziwozony - infer • Djabeleks [Pol] 6 - domestic / agrarian spirits - infer - mischievous little spirits 4,6 - enjoy playing practical jokes on humans 4,6 aka Djabel[s]eks [Pol] 4 aka Diabel[s]ek 4 • Dodol 3 - elemental spirit - infer - female 3,5,6,8,10,11,14,17 - air / clouds 3 aka Doda [Srb] 3,6,14 aka Dodola [Srb] 3,5,6,8,10,11,17 - cloud / rain 3,5,6,10,11 - doit (to give milk) 5,6 - wife to Perun 11,17 aka Dudulya 11 aka Dudula 8 - related to Perun 8 aka Du(n)dulis [Cz] 8 aka Didilya 11 see Mokosh 5 • Dogoda >doh-GOH-da< 2,3,4,5,6,10,11,14 - elemental spirit infer - male 2,3,10,11,14 - the gentle west wind 2,3,4,5,6,10,11,14 - son to Stribog 3,6,11 see Pagoda 6 • Dol[s]a (fate) 4 - prognostic spirits - infer - female 6,10,21 - male 10,21 - also appears as spirit, cat, mouse 10,21 - protective 4,6,10,21 - equivalent to Dis / Disir [Nor] 6 * http://www.thorshof.org/heathen.htm * link good as of: 12-22-2004 aka Dola [Pol] 6,10,16,21 - fate, good or bad, given at birth 16 see Dolya 6 • Dolya (fate) [Rus] 3,6,11,14 - prognostic spirit - infer - female 3,6,11,14 - benevolent / malevolent [Srb] 6 - spirit of happiness, luck, good fortune 3,11 - the alter-ego of Nedolya 3 - presides over birth 6 - live behind the stove 6 - appears as a little old lady 6 - appears as a gold-curled maiden 11 - spins golden thread 11 aka Sryashta 11 - the alter-ego of Nesryashta - infer aka Sreca [Srb] 6 - presides over fields & flocks 6 see Dola 6 aka Srecha 11 - the alter-ego of Nesrecha - infer • Domovikha [Rus] 2,13,15 - ancestral - infer / domestic spirit 11 - female Domovoi 1,4,5,10,11,13,15,21 - dom [Rus] (house) 2,6,11,15,21 - wife of the Domovoi 1,2,5,11,13,15,21 aka Domovichka [Rus] 13,15 aka Domawiczka >Doh-mah-VEETCH-kah< 5,10,21 aka Domovitsa 11 aka Domnitsa 11 aka Domikha [Rus] 1,4,13,15 aka Domania 2 see Kikimora 11 • Domovoi >duh-ma-VOI< [Rus] 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,11,13,14,15,22 Domoviye >doh-moh-VEE-yeh< (pl.) 3 - ancestral 5,6,10,11 / domestic 3,6 / guardian spirit 11 - male 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,11,13,14,15,21 - benevolent / malevolent 11 - house (domu) spirit(s) 3,4,5,10,14,15 - dom [Rus] (house) 2,6,11,15,21 - home spirit 9,11 - ancestor(s) 5,6,10,11 - de[h]du[b] [OCS] (grandfather) 7 - addressed as grandfather 1,4 - dedko [Rus] / dedushka [Rus] 15 - addressed as dedushka dobrokhot [Pol] (grandfather well-wisher) 6 - dobru [OCS] / dobrota [Rus] (goodness) 6 - dobrokhot [Rus] (well-wisher) 15 - addressed as master (khoziain [Rus]) 15 - referred to as on [Rus] (he) 15 - referred to as sam [Rus] (he, himself) 15 - referred to as skotnyi kormilets [Rus] (livestock-nourisher) 15 - lives behind or under the pech 1,5,10,11,21 - guards the home-fire 11 - looks after flocks, herds, & barnyard animals 6 - appears to warn of impending death 6 - appears as an old peasant with a long gray beard 13,15 - appears as tiny old man with a beard 21 - appears as a cat or a dog 13,15 - appears as a snake 10,21 - offended if house is not well kept 11,21 - offerings of food left on stove or table 6,11,21 - husband to Kikimora 2,5,6,11,13,15 - husband to Domawiczka 21 aka Domovoy 10,21 aka Domovye 1 aka Domovik [Ukr] 6,11 - lives in the attic 6 - lives behind the stove 6,21 - lives under the threshhold 6,21 - lives in the stables or barn 6 aka Domowije [Pol] 4,5,6 aka Domowe [Pol] 16 - dom (house / home) 16 aka Dedeks [Cz] 10,21 aka Setek [Boh] 10,21 aka Stopan [Bul] 10,21 • Dvorovoi [Rus] 1,2,4,5,6,13,14,15 - agrarian 13 / guardian 11 spirit(s) - male 1,2,4,5,6,11,14,15 - yard (dvor [Rus]) spirit 1,2,4,5,6,11,13,15,21 - has color preferences for pets & livestock 6 - detests animals with white fur 14 - offerings of food, wool, a shiny object 6,10,21 - left in barn 6 aka Dvorovik 5 aka Dvoroi 10,21 aka Dvornik 11 aka Dvorniy 11 • Dzarowit >jahr-OH-veet< 5,6 - martial / temporal spirit - infer - male 1,5,6,7,8,10,11,16,17 - war 5,6,10 - spring aspect of Swiantowid 5 - spring aspect of Svantowit 6 - presides over spring 10 - faces west 5,6,10 - covers the plains with grass & the woods with leaves 5,6 aka Yarovit 1,6,11 - victory 6 aka Zharovit 11 - zhar (war / fire) 11 aka Jarowit [Pol] 16 - jary (strong, passionate) 16 - fertility 16 aka Jarovit >yar-OH-veet< 5,6,7,10 - spring 7 aka Jarovitu[b] - jaro (spring) 8 - jaru[b] (young, bright, ardent, rash) 8 - covers the plains with grass & the woods with leaves 8 aka Gervit 6 - fertility & protector 6 aka Gerovit 6,7,10 aka Gerovitus 6,17 - latinized form 6,17 aka Herovit 17 see Yarilo / Jarilo 6 • Dzi [Pol] 4 - wilderness spirits - infer - forest & woods 4 aka Dziki (wild) 4 - dziki [Pol] (wild) 27 • Dzidzileyla [Pol] 6 - guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - presides over love, marriage, sexuality & fertility 6 - equates to Venus * [Lat] 6 * http://oldweb.uwp.edu/academic/english/canary/romans.html * link good as of: 12-22-2004 aka Dzidzilia 6 aka Didilia 6 see Zizilia - infer • Dziwna 4 - wilderness spirit - infer - female 4 - river spirit 4 • Dziwozony [Pol] 4 - wilderness spirit(s) 4 - female 4 - dziwy [Pol] (wild) 27 - divii [OCS] (wild) 27 - zheny [OCS] (woman) 26 - z[h]ena [OCS] 27 - tall athletic women * - will enslave younger human men as their lovers * - steal babies & leave changelings * see Dive Zeny - infer see Divi-te Zeni - infer see Divozenky - infer * http://www.users.voicenet.com/~mwoods/mysteries/myth/creatures/dziwozony.html * link good as of: 12-22-2004 • Erce 6,14 - cthonic spirit - infer - female 6,14 - the earth-mother 6,14 - offerings of milk, flour, water 6,14 - poured into the newly-turned furrows 6,14 • Erisvorsh 6,10 - elemental spirit - infer - male 6,10 - weather 6,10 - the holy tempest 6 see Stribog 6 • Fevroniia [Rus] 6 - guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - presides over fertility & trees 6 • Gore (Grief) 3 - affective spirit - infer - female 3 - grief / woe 3 • Grom [Pol] 4 - elemental spirit - infer - the thunder 4 - lightning 4 - grom [Slavic] (thunderbolt) 28 see Hrom - infer • Gumenik 3 Gumeniki (pl.) 3 - agrarian spirit 3,13 - threshing floor (gumno) spirit 13,15 aka Gumennik [Rus] 13,15 see Ovinnik 15 • Holny [Pol] 4 - elemental spirit - infer - warm southern wind 4 • Hov-ava [Rus] 6 - celestial spirit - infer - female 6 - moon 6 • Hrom [Cz] [Pol] [Svk] 4 - elemental spirit - infer - lightning 4 - hrom [Cz] [Svk] [Ukr] (thunder) 28 see Grom - infer • Jesza [Pol] 6 - celestial spirit - infer - male 6 - sky 6 - equates to Esus [Celt] 6 * http://www.geocities.com/chronarchy/mjournal/patrons/aboutesus.html * link good as of: 12-22-2004 aka Iesse 6 aka Jessis 6 • Jezenky [Cz] 10,21 - wilderness spirits - infer - animal women 10,21 - zheny [OCS] (woman) 26 - z[h]ena [OCS] (woman) 27 - live in caves 21 - kidnap children 10,21 see (the) Jezinky - infer • (the) Jezinky [Cz] 6 - malefic spirits 6 - children of Jezibaba 6 - they're blind & eat children 6 see Jezenky - infer • Jurata [Pol] 6 - guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - presides over the Baltic Sea 6 - had an amber palace beneath the waves 6 - destroyed by Pio[a]run 6 • Kaldas [Rus] 6 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - guardian of cattle 6 • Karakonjul [Bul] 11 - guardian spirits - infer - benevolent / malevolent 11 - appear as short, bow-legged, big-nosed humans 11 - with bulging eyes & fur all over 11 - often found at crossroads 11 - asks riddles or for a favour 11 • Karazunia 4 - celestial spirit - infer - female 4 - spirit of light 4 - blush of day / early dawn 4 • Karzelek >kar-ZEH-lek< [Pol] 5 - cthonic / guardian spirits - infer - gnome/earth spirits 5 - treasure guardians 5 aka Karliki [Rus] 1,14 - dwarves 1,14 aka Ludki [Srb] 10 aka Pozemne Vile 5,6,10,21 - (earth spirits) 6,10,21 - benevolent / malevolent 6 - live underground in mines & caves 6 - have hoards of precious metals & jewels 6,10,21 - appear as small people carrying mining lanterns 6 - appear as small naked children 6 - appear as glimmers of light 6 - appear as human miners 6 - appear as salt people 6 - help miners 10,21 - whistling, hurling rocks into dark chasms are taboo 6 - uncovering one's head is taboo 6 aka Krasnoludek [Pol] 4 - sprites/elves see Kladovik - infer • Khitka [Rus] 4,6,15 - wilderness spirit - infer - female 4,6,15 - an abductor 4,6,15 see Rusalka 4,6,15 • Khopun 6 - wilderness spirit - infer - male 6 - river 6 - drowns people for their misdeeds 6 • Khors [Rus] 1,3,5,6,7,9,10,11,14,15,19 - celestial / elemental spirit - infer - male 1,3,5,6,7,10,11,14,15,17,19,20 - the sun 3,5,6,9,10,11,15,17,19,20 - daylight 3,6 - has a dog's head & horns 6 - health & hunting 14 - brother to Svarog 19 aka Korsha 6 aka Korssa 6 aka Khursu 20 aka Chors 6 - chorosij [Rus] (good / kind) 6 aka Corsa 6 aka Xors 6 aka Xu[b]rsu[b] 8 aka Hors 11,17 - the old winter sun 11 see Koleda 11 aka Hrs [Srb] 8 see Dazhbog 5,6,8 see Zors - infer • Kikimora >kee-kee-MOHR-ah< [Pol] [Rus] [Srb] 1,2,4,5,6,10,11,13,14,15,16,21 - also >kee-KEE-ma-ra< 22 - ancestral 11 / domestic spirit(s) 11 - female 1,2,4,5,6,10,11,13,14,15,16,21 - benevolent1,11 / malevolent 1,11,16 - house spirit 2,4,5,6,10,11,21 - ancestor / grandmother 11 - wants the house kept neat & clean 11 - appears as a woman with long flowing hair 10,21 - appears as a tiny woman 16,21 - nightmares 1,10,11,16,21 see Mora - infer - warns of danger 14 - lives in the cellar 6,21 - lives behind the pech 6,14,21 - appears as an average woman with hair undone 6 - with chicken feet 6 - spinning as a portent of death 6 - offended if house is not well kept 11,21 - wife to Domovoi 2,5,6,11,13,15 see Domovikha / Domovitsa 11 aka Shishimora [Rus] 5,6,13,15 • Kirnis 2 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - guardian of cherries 2 • Kladovik [Rus] 15 - cthonic / guardian spirit - infer - malevolent 15 - guardian of buried treasure 15 - klad (treasure) 5 aka Kladovoi [Rus] 15 see Karzelek - infer • Koliada [Rus] 6,15,19 - temporal spirit - infer - female 6,14,20 - time 6 - spinstress 6 - winter soltice 5,6,11,14,15,20 - new year's day 6 - death & resurrection 6 - appears as a girl 6,20 - clothed in white bearing torches 6,20 - male 6,19 - husband to Kalda (cold? / Kaldas?) 6 - son to Dajdbog 19 - presides over wheel of the year 19 - associated with the soltices 19 aka Koleda 4,11 - male 11 - the renewed winter sun 11 aka Kolyada 6,10,11,20,21 - male 10,11 - winter 10 - (wheel) 6,20 - the year cycle 6 - spinstress 20 see Hors 11 aka Koljada >koh-LYAH-da< 5,6 aka Colleda [Srb] 6,14 - keeper of the yule log 6 aka Bozhik 11 aka Sviatki 15 see Kupalo 5 • Koshchei 1,6 - malefic spirit - infer - male 1,6,19 - the Deathless 1,6 - invulnerable & immortal 1,6 - keeps his soul hidden 1,6 - abductor of beautiful princesses 1,6 - a powerful wizard or demigod 1,6 - travels on a war-horse or as a whirlwind 6 - son to Vij 6 aka Koschei 19 - son to Vi'i 19 • Kostroma (koster - bonfire) [Pol] [Rus] 3,6,10,15,16,20,21 - temporal spirit - infer - female 3,6,14,16,20 - male 10,21 - benevolent / malevolent 6 - spring 3,6,14,16 - resurrection 6 - June 29th 6,20 - death / burial 6,20 - festival at midsummer 21 - fertility 3,6,16 - vegetation 6,20 - death & rebirth 6 - effigy destroyed at ritual funeral 15,16 - sister / wife to Kostromo 6,20 - equates to Freyja * [Nor] 6 * http://www.thorshof.org/vanir.htm * link good as of: 12-22-2004 aka Kostrubonko [Rus] 14 • Kostromo 6,20 - temporal spirit - infer - male 6,20 - spring 6 - resurrection 6 - June 29th 6 - death / burial 6 - fertility 6 - death & rebirth 6 - brother / husband to Kostroma 6,20 - equates to Frey * [Nor] 6 * http://www.thorshof.org/vanir.htm * link good as of: 12-22-2004 aka Kostrubonko [Rus] 6,20 - died & resurrected 20 • Krasnoludek 4 - wilderness spirits - infer - similar to sprites, or elves 4 • Kravesmurt 11 - malefic spirit 11 - krava (cow) 11 - smurt (death) 11 - appears as a black cow, cat, lame dog, skeletal cow 11 - spreads murrain & other deadly diseases among cattle 11 aka Cherna Nemosht 11 - (black infirmity) 11 • Kremara [Pol] 2,14 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - male 14 - protector of pigs 2,14 - offerings of beer 14 • Krimba [Boh] [Cz] 2 - domestic spirit 2 - female 2 - house spirit 2 • Krivda (insult) 3 - affective / malefic spirit - infer - female 3 - bitterness / hatred / offence 3 • Kruchina (grieving) [Bul] 3,11 - affective / malefic spirit 11 - female 3 - mourning 3 - bearers of plague & other fatal illnesses 11 - kro[n]china [Bul] (plague) 11 • Krukis 2,3,6,10 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - male 2,3,6,10 - patron of blacksmiths & domestic animals 2,3,6,10 • Kubai-khotun 6 - cthonic / guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - (Great Mother) 6 - lives in the "tree of life" 6 - lives under its roots 6 - protects & supports humans & animals 6 - her milk is the Milky Way 6 aka Kupal'nitsa 6 see Kupalo / Kupala 6 • Kuga [Cro] [Slo] [Srb] 6 - prognostic spirit - infer - female 6 - (fate) 6 see Chuma [Bul] [Rus] [Srb] 6 see Mara 6 see Smert 6 • Kupala 2,3,4,6,7,9 - temporal spirit - infer - summer soltice 2,4,5,6,7,9,10,14 - female 4,6,7,20 - male 3 - bathing in dew 2,4,6 - kupati [Rus] (to bathe) 2,4,7 - kapac [Pol] (to bathe) 4 - sacred birch pole prepared by only women 4,6,7 - linking the earth & the sky 7,9 - the tree of life 9 - bonfires 4,6,9 - jumping 4,6 - driving cattle between 4,6 - effigy thrown in a river, burned, drowned 4,6 - at sunset 4,6 aka Kupal'nitsa 6,20 - wife to Kupalo 6,20 see Kubai-khotun 6 • Kupalo >koo-PAH-woh< [Rus] 4,5,6,10,11,14,15,20,21 - temporal spirit - infer - male 4,5,6,10,11,16,20,21 - female 5,6,14 - summer soltice 2,4,5,6,10,11,14,15,21 - fertility 10 - dew 2,4,6 - kupati [Rus] (bathe) 2,4 - bonfires 4,6 - jumping 4,6 - driving cattle between 4,6 - effigy thrown in a river, burned, drowned 4,6 - at sunset 4,6 - associated with Danya 11 - husband to Kupal'nitsa 6,20 aka Kupallo 4 aka Kupajl[s]o [Pol] 16 - summer sun 16 - passionate love 16 see Yarilo 11 / Jarilo 5 • Kurinyi Bog >kur-EEN-yee book< [Rus] 5,15 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - (chicken god) 5,15 - kuru[b] [OCS] (cock) 27 - kurica [OCS] (hen) 27 - bogu[b] [OCS] (god) 27 - guardian of chickens from the Domovoi, Kikimora & Dvorovoi 5 - a magic talisman that protects chickens 15 • Kurke [Pru] 4 - agrarian spirit - infer - lives in the last sheaf of grain harvested 4 aka Broda (beard) 4 aka Pszenna Baba (wheat woman) 4 aka Dziad (old man) 4 aka P[o]pek (navel) 4 aka Przepio[a]rki (quail) 4 aka Kozy (goat) 4 • Kurwaichin [Pol] 2 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - guardian of lambs 2,14 • Lada >LAH-dah< [Lit] [Rus] 3,5,6 [Pol],10,11,15,17,19,20,21 - also >WAH-dah< - temporal spirit - infer - female 3,4,5,6,10,11,15,17,19,20,21 - spring 6,10,15,17,21 - May 4 - love 3,4,5,6,10,11,19,21 - beauty 3,4,5,6,10,11,21 - marriage 6,11,17 - birthing 19 - lad (peace, union, harmony) 5 - lives in Vrij until Maslenica 5,6,21 - lives in Vyri until spring equinox 10,21 - the Vernal Equinox 5,6 - associated with the lime/linden tree 5,6 - sister to Lado 4,5,6 - sister to Svarog 19 - wife to Lado 4,5,6,10,11,20,21 - wife to Dazhbog 10,21 - wife to Swarog 5 / Svarog 6,19 - mother to sons Lel 5,10,21 / Lel' [Rus] 15 & Polel 5 / Polel' [Rus] 15 - mother to daughter Liuli 5 / Lelia [Rus] 15 - equates to Freyja * [Nor] 5,6 * http://www.thorshof.org/vanir.htm * link good as of: 12-22-2004 aka L[s]ada [Pol] 4 aka Lada-Didi 6 see Yarila / Iarila 6 • Lado >LAH-doh< [Rus] 4,5,6,11,15,20,21 - also >WAH-doh< - temporal spirit - infer - male 4,5,6,11,15,20,21 - love / beauty 3 - peace 11 - marriage 5,6,11,15 - lad (peace, union, harmony) 5 - presides over the underworld 15 - joy 10,21 - the sun 10,21 - brother to Lada 4,5,6 - husband to Lada 4,5,6,11,20,21 - equates to Frey * [Nor] 5,6 * http://www.thorshof.org/vanir.htm * link good as of: 12-22-2004 aka L[s]ado 4 aka Lado 6 - war 6 aka Leda 6 see Leda 6 aka Luduno 11 see Yarilo 11 / Iarilo 6 • Lakanica [Pol] 4,6 - wilderness spirit - infer - female 6 - meadow spirit 4,6 aka Lugovnik 6 see Lugovik 6 • Lawkapatim [Pol] 6,10 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - male 6,10 - protector of fields 6,10 • Leda [Pol] 6 - affective / martial spirit - infer - male 6 - spring / fertility 6 - war 6 aka Lada [Pol] 6 see Lado 6 • Lel [Pol] 3,5,6,10,11,21 - affective spirit - infer - male 3,5,6,10,11,15,21 - love 3 - marriage 5,10,11,21 - appears clothed in white with flower wreath on head 3 - son to Lada 5,11,21 - brother to Polel [Pol] 3,6 - twin brother to sister - Lelya 11 aka Lel' [Rus] 15 aka Lyal 11 see Did 11 • Lelya 11 - affective spirit - infer - female 11,15,19 - spring 11 - new life, love 11 - sexual attraction, youth, beauty, passion 19 - twin sister to brother - Lyal 11 aka Lyalya 11 aka Liuli 5 aka Lelia [Rus] 15,19 - daughter of Svarog & Lada 19 • Leshonki 2 - wilderness spirits - infer - ljes [OCS] (forest) 6 - lesu [OCS] (forest) 6 - le[h]su[b] [OCS] (forest, wood(s)) 27 - children of the Leshy & Leshachikha 2 • Leshy >LESH-ee< 2,3,5,6,10,14,21 - also >LE-shee< 22 Leshiye (pl.) 3 - wilderness spirit(s) 11 - male 1,2,4,5,6,10,11,13,14,15,16,21 - benevolent / malevolent 1,6,11 - forest (les [Rus]) spirit 1,2,5,10,15 - forest spirits 11 - master of the forest & wild animals 1,4,5,6,11,13,15,21 - ljes [OCS] (forest) 6 - lesu [OCS] (forest) 6 - le[h]su[b] [OCS] (forest, wood(s)) 27 - appears as an old man with a long green beard 6,11,14 - with green eyes 6,14 - bluish face 14 - has long gray hair, no lashes, no eyebrows, bright green eyes 21 - shape-shifter 1,5,6,10 - can vary his size 1,13,15,21 - tree 1 - mushroom 13,15 - hare, wolf, bear, raven, pig, horse, rooster 5,6 - flaming fir tree, mushroom 5,6 - grey wolf, black raven, flaming fir tree 10 - asociated with wolf 1,5,6,10,21 - asociated with bear 1,5,6 - die in October & revive in the spring 14 - husband to Leshachikha 2 - husband to Lesovikha 21 - father to Leshonki 2 - offerings of kasha, suet, blini, bread & salt 5 - offerings of food left on stumps or logs 6 - offerings of candy, a cookie, left on a log 21 - offerings of salted bread, the first game animal 10,21 - offerings of kasha, suet, salt, cookies, candy 21 - left on a stump or log 21 aka Leszi 4,5,6 aka Lesiy 6,11 aka Leshiy 21 aka Leshi 5 aka Leshie 1 aka Leshii [Rus] 1,5,13,15 - husband to Lesovikha 6,10,13,14,15,21 aka Lesnik 11 - husband to Lesnitsa 11 aka Ljeschi [OCS] 6 - ljes [OCS] (forest) 6 - similar to satyr * [Grk] / faun ~ [Lat] 6 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faun *~ link good as of: 12-22-2004 aka Laskowice [Pol] 4 aka Lascowiec [Pol] 6 - a stag riding on a wolf 6 aka Lesovik 6 aka Lasowik [Pol] 16 - las (forest) 16 - associated with deer, bears, wolves, hares 16 - has no shadow 16 aka Leny Duch 4 - duch [Pol] (ghost) 16 - dukhu' [OCS] (spirit) 26 - duxu[b] [OCS] (spirit, breath) 27 aka Borowy 4 aka Borowiec [Cz] 4,6 aka Borowiec Boruta 4 see Leshonki 2 • (the) Lesni Zenka 6 - wilderness spirits - infer - female 6 - benevolent / malevolent 6 - (forest women) - infer - ljes [OCS] (forest) 6 - lesu [OCS] (forest) 6 - le[h]su[b] [OCS] (forest, wood(s)) 27 - zheny [OCS] (woman) 26 - z[h]ena [OCS] 27 - woodland nymphs 6 • Lesovikha >Leh-soh-VEE-kah< [Rus] 5,6,10,13,15,21 - wilderness spirit 13 - female Leszi 5,6,10,13,14,15,21 - ljes [OCS] (forest) 6 - lesu [OCS] (forest) 6 - le[h]su[b] [OCS] (forest, wood(s)) 27 - appears as an ugly woman with large breasts 5,6 - appears as a naked young girl 5,6 - appears as a woman in white as tall as the trees 5,6 - wife to Leshii 6,10,13,14,15,21 aka Leshachikha 2,14 - wife to Leshy 2 - mother to Leshonki 2 aka Lesnitsa 11 - wife to Lesnik 11 aka Lesovitsa 11 • Likho Odnoglazoye 3 - malefic spirit 6 - female 3,6 - privation / suffering 3 aka Likho One-eye (likhiy - odd) 3 aka Likho 6 • Loskutukha [Rus] 4 - wilderness spirit - infer - female 4 - Rusal[s]ka 4 - tickler 4,15 aka Loskotukha [Rus] 15 see Rusalka 4,15 • Lugovik >loo-GOH-veek< [Bul] [Rus] 1,5,10,11,13,15,21 - wilderness spirit - infer - male 5,6,10,21 - meadow spirit 10,21 - lo[n]g [Bul] (meadow, glade) 11 - meadow (lug [Rus]) spirit 1,4,13,15 - lugo (meadow) 5,6 aka Luguvik 6 aka Lugovnik [Rus] 4,6 - female 6 see Lakanica 6 • Mamomy [Pol] 6 - wilderness spirit - infer - female 6 - (wild woman) 6 see Dive Zeny - infer • Marzanna >mahr-ZAH-nah< [Pol] 6 - agrarian / martial spirit - infer - male 6 - agriculture / war 6 • Marzanna >mahr-ZAH-nah< 4,5,6,10 - elemental / cthtonic / necrotic spirit - infer - female 3,5,6,10,11,19,21 - winter & death 4,5,6,10,11 - earth 6 - appears as an old woman dressed in white 5,10 - symbolically drowned on 1st day of spring 4 see Smert 6 aka Marzana [Pol] 3,6 - her effigy with broom was carried through the village 5,6 - thrown away on outskirts or ritually drowned 5,6 - to welcome spring 6 - after a death 6 aka Marzanka 4 aka Marzhena 11 aka Murava [Wen] 6 aka Mara [Rus] 6,11 aka Mora 11 - mor- (death / deadly illness) 11 - morz (frost / cold) 11 - presides over the underworld & spirits of the dead 11 aka Marya 6 aka Marena >ma-REN-uh< [Boh] [Rus] [Svk] 3,5,6,22 - cognate to freeze / frozen 6 - wife / sister to Kupala 3 aka Marenna 6 see Smert 6 aka Morena [Svk] 6,10,11,19,21 - (to die) 19 - death 21 - daughter to Vi'i 19 - wife to Veles 19 - presides over the underworld 19 aka Morevna 6 • Marzyana [Pol] 6 - agrarian spirit - infer - female 6 - presides over the harvest 6 • Maslenitsa [Rus] 6 - agrarian spirit - infer - female 6 - fertility 6 - festival celebrated at winter solstice 6 - effigy carried through village & out to fields 6 - pulled apart & burned 6 - scattered as food for new growth 6 • Matergabia (woman / fire) 6 - domestic / guardian spirit - infer - female 4,6 - guardian of the household fire 6 aka Matka Gabia [Pol?] [Lit?] 4 - patroness of housekeeping 4 • Matka Lasu 4 - wilderness / guardian spirit - infer - female 4 - (forest mother) 4 - mati[b] [OCS] (mother) 7 - mati [OCS] (mother) 26 27 - ljes [OCS] (forest) 6 - lesu [OCS] (forest) 6 - le[h]su[b] [OCS] (forest, wood(s)) 27 - aids lost & weary travelers & children 4 • Mati-Syra-Zemlya [Rus] 2,6,21 - chthonic / elemental spirit - infer - female 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,15,21 - (moist mother earth) 2,5,6,7,8,9,10,14,15 - (mother moist earth)11,21 - the earth 2,5,6,7,8,11,15,21 - never personified 6 - mati[b] [OCS] (mother) 7 - mati [OCS] (mother) 26,27 - syru[b] [OCS] (damp) 27 - zeme [OCS] (earth, soil) 6 - zeml[a]ja [OCS] (earth, land) 26 - zemlja [OCS] (earth, land) 27 - mother earth 14 - eating earth 1,5,7 - settler of disputes 4,5,6,7 - witness to oaths 4,5,6,7,9 - witness to marriages 5,7 - possessed prophetic powers 6,7 - her aid is invoked during epidemics & in childbirth 6 - ploughing, digging, striking the earth prohibited at certain times 5,6,7,9,14 - before Maslenica 5,6 - vernal equinox 6,9,14 - offerings of hemp oil 1,4,5,10 - wife to Yarilo 6 aka Mati-Syra-Zemlja 7,8 aka Mat' Syra Zemlya [Rus] 1 aka Mat' Syra Zemlia [Rus] 15 aka Mati Srra Zenlja 9 aka Mati 14 aka Matka 6 aka Matka Syra Ziemia >MAHT-kah SEAR-ah zhem-EE-ah< [Pol] 4 aka Matka Ziemia 4 aka Matka Syra Zjemlja >MAHT-kah SIHR-ah ZHYEM-yah< 5 aka Mata Syra Zjemlja 5,6 aka Matushka Zemlia 6 aka Mati Zemlya 11 - mother earth 11 - wife to Svarog 11 see Mokosh 5,6,8,10 • Moarvaya Panna (black woman) 6 - malefic spirit - infer - female 6 - disease & pestilence 6 - clothed in black 6 • Mokosh (weaver / spinner) [Pol] [Rus] [Ukr] 1,3,5,6,7,9,10,11,14,21 - chthonic 14,21 / elemental - infer / prognostic 19 spirit - female 1,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,14,15,16,17,19,20,21 - benevolent / malevolent 6 - the rain / moisture 1,5,6,9,15,16 - mokru [OCS] (wet) 7 - fertility 3,5,6,8,10,11,15,20,21 - midwifery 3,6,10,21 - sheep breeding 6,9 - appears spinning / weaving 1,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,16,17,21 - flax or wool 7,10,21 - presides over food production 6,11,15 - presides over prosperity 9,11 - wife to Perun 3 - wife to Swarog 5 - wife to Svarog 6,21 - offerings of wool 4,6 - offerings of vegetables 6 - offerings of grain, flax, woll, pigs, calves, sheep 7 aka Mokosh' [Rus] 15 aka Makosh >MA-kush< 6,11,17,19,21,22 - moist soil 11 aka Macosh 6 aka Mokusha 1,7 - offerings of wool 1 aka Mokysha 7 aka Mokosha 5 aka Mokuskha 6 aka Mokos 6,17 - to become wet 17 aka Mokosi 6,20 - water 20 aka Mokos[h]i[b] 8 - moist 8 - sheep breeding 8 aka Mokosu 6 aka Mokosz >MOH-kosh< [Pol] 4,5,6,16 - mokry (wet) 16 aka Mokusa 4,6 aka Matrioshka [Rus] 6 aka Maruchi [Rus] 6 - an old woman who weaves at night 6 see Mati-Syra-Zemlya 6,10,11,21 see Paraskeva 6,10,17,21 • Mora 10,21 - malefic spirit(s) - infer - female 10,21 - malevolent 10,21 - nightmare 4,6,10,21 see Kikimora - infer see Boginka (Mara) - infer aka Mara 4 aka (the) Mara 6 see Chuma [Bul] [Rus] [Srb] 6 see Kuga [Slo] [Cro] [Srb] 6 • Mora-Yuda 11 - malefic spirit 11 - female 11 - Yuda-Samodiva servant of Mora (Marzanna) 11 - from "Veda Slovena" 11 • Mori (pl.) 11 - malefic spirits of the dead 11 - mor [OCS] (death, disease) 11 - those who die an unnatural death 11 see Nav (6) - infer • Munya 6 - elemental spirit - infer - female 6 - lightning 6 • Musail 5,6,10,11 - guardian / wilderness spirit - infer - male 5,6,10,11 - supreme forest spirit 5,10,11 - chief of Lesniks 11 - associated with rowan tree 5,6,10 - master of all forest creatures & spirits 11 • Myesyats [Rus] [Srb] [Ukr] 2,6,10,14,20 - celestial spirit - infer - female [Rus] [Srb] 4,6,10,11 - male 10,14,20 - the moon 4,5,6,10,11,14 - mje[b]se[h]tsi[b] [OCS] (moon / month) 26 - wife to the sun 4 - wife to Dazhbog 6 - husband to the sun (female) 10,14 - seduced Dennitsa 20 aka Myestas 6,14 - male 6,14 - husband to Solntse 6 aka Mesyats 1,11 - female 1 - sister to Dazhdbog 11 aka Mesets 11 aka Mesechina 11 aka Miesiac [Pol] 5,6 - male 1,2,4,6 - healer 6,20 - husband to Zorya Zwezda Dnieca 4,6 - uncle to Dazhbog 1,6 - husband to the sun (female) 6 aka Miesia[o]c [Pol] 4 aka Mje[g]sjac >MYEH-syahnts< 5 - uncle to the sun 5 - wife to the sun (male) 5 aka Mjesyas 5 • Najade 6 - wilderness spirits - infer - female 6 - water nymphs 6 - similar to the Naiads * [Grk] 6 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naiads * link good as of: 12-22-2004 • Nastasija [Rus] 6 - guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - presides over sleep 6 • Nav 3 - malefic / necrotic spirit - infer - female 3 - death 3 - served by Navki (sing. Navka) 3 - served by Mavki (sing. Mavka) 3 - served by the "Twelve Witches" 3 • Nav 6 - malefic spirits - infer - the dead 6,16 - those who died prematurely / tragically 6,16 see Mori - infer aka Navi 6 aka Navki 3,6 - servitors of Nav 3 - aka Navka (sing.) 3 aka Navky 6,10,14,21 - spirits of children who died unnamed 10,21 or drowned 10,14,21 aka Nawie [Pol] 16 aka Novjaci 6 aka Nejky 6 aka Faraony 6 aka Majky 6 aka Mavje 6 aka Mavky 6 aka Mavki 3 - servitors of Nav 3 - aka Mavka (sing.) 3 • Nedolya (ill-fated) [Srb] 3,6,11 - prognostic / malefic spirit - infer - female 3,6,11 - sadness / dissatisfation 3 - the alter-ego of Dolya 3 - bestows bad luck 6,11 - misfortune, miscarriage & evil spells 11 - spins & weaves misfortunes into peoples fate 11 - shape-shifter 6 - appears as an ugly / old woman 6 - poor / shabbily dressed 6 aka Nesryashta 11 - the alter-ego of Sryashta - infer aka Nesrecha 11 - the alter-ego of Srecha - infer see Nestrecha - infer • Nemodilky [Cz] 6 - wilderness spirits - infer - female 6 - water 6 - appear as beautiful maidens 6 - dressed in red with black hair & white skin 6 see Bereginy - infer see Rusalka - infer see (the) Veles - infer see Vila - infer • Nestrecha 3 - affective spirit - infer - female 3 - grief / failure 3 aka Nesreha [Srb] 3 - the alter-ego of Sreha 3 see Nedolya - infer • Nochnitsa [Rus] 4 - temporal spirit(s) - infer - female 4 - night 4 aka Nocnitsa [Pol] [Rus] [Srb] [Svk] 6 - malefic spirit - infer - female 6 - (Night Hag) 6 - presides over nightmares 6 aka Gorska Makva [Bul] 6 - gora [OCS] (mountain) 26 aka Kriksy 6 aka Plaksy 6 • Norov [Rus] 6 - agrarian spirit - infer - male 6 - grain 6 (corn) • Nuzhda 3 - malefic spirit - infer - female 3 - hardship / poverty 3 • Nya 6 - cthtonic / necrotic spirit - infer - male 6 - presides over the underworld 6 aka Nyia 6 • Oborotni [Rus] 4,5,6 - wilderness spirit(s) - infer - changeling left behind in exchange for stolen child 4,5,6,10,21 aka Oboroten' [Rus] 15 aka Odmience [Pol] 4,5,6 - changeling 15 see Bereginy 4,5,10,21 aka Divous (wild brats) 10,21 aka Premien (changelings) 10,21 see Divozenky 10,21 • Opoista 11 - malefic spirit 11 - opoiti (drink up / drain off) 11 - blood drinking 11 - spread rabies 11 - can possess their victims 11 • Ovinnik >Oh-VEEN-neek< [Rus] 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,11,12,13,14,15,21 - also >a-VEE-neek< 22 Ovinniki (pl.) [Rus] 3 - agrarian 3,13 / prognostic 12 spirit - male 1,2,4,5,6,8,12,14,15 - barn (ovin [Rus]) spirit 1,2,4,5,6,10,12,13,14,15,21 - drying house 3 - drying kiln 8 - threshing barn 4,5,12,13,15 - two-story buildings, heated by a furnace [Rus] [Ukr] 12 - appears as a huge disheveled black cat with burning eyes 1,4,5,6 - appears as a huge black cat 10,21 - could set fire to barn if offended 1,6,8,12 - on New Year's Eve 12 - seek his touch in the dark 12 - warm touch: good fortune 12 - cold touch: unhappiness 12 - offerings of blini 6,12 / the last sheaf 6 - offering of the blood of a cock 8,12 aka Ryzhnyi Khoziain [Rus] 13,15 - khoziain [Rus] (master) 15 see Gumenik / Gumennik 13,15 • Pagoda 6 - agrarian / elemental spirit - infer - female 6 - (giver of favorable winds) 6 - the gentle west wind 6 - weather / agriculture 6 - male 6 - offerings of cattle, sheep 6 aka Pozvizd 6 aka Poxvist 6 aka Pogwisci 6 see Dogoda 6 see Stribog 6 • Paraskeva [Rus] 6,10,21 - guardian spirit - infer - female 6,10,21 - (Friday) 6,10,21 - fertility 6 - presides over spinning, water, health, marriage 6 aka Paraskva Griaznaia 6 aka Piatnitsa 6 see Mokosh 6,10,17,21 • Peperuna 6,11,20 - elemental spirit - infer - female 6,8,11,20 - thunder 6 - rain, rainclouds & storm 11 - twin sister to Perun 6,20 - mother to Solntse 6,20 - wife to Perun 11 aka Perperuna 8,20 aka Perunitsa 11 see Dodola 11 • Perchta 6 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - presides over fertility 6 • Percunatele [Pol] 6 - elemental spirit - infer - female 6 - (mother of thunder) 6 see Perkun Tete 6 • Pereplut >pi-ri-PLUT< [Balkan] 6,8,10,22 - guardian / prognostic spirit - infer - female 6,10 - presides over drink / changing fortune 6,10 - whirling & libations 8 • Perkun Tete [Balkan] 6 - elemental spirit - infer - female 6 - thunder / lightning 6 see Percunatele 6 • Perun [Cz] [Pol] [Rus] 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,14,15,16,17,19,20,21 - elemental / martial spirit - infer - male 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,14,15,16,17,19,20,21 - benevolent / malevolent 11 - rain 11 - storm 3,8,11,20,21 - weather 19 - thunder 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,14,15,16,17,20,21 - poirun [Pol] (thunder) 6,20 - lightning 1,3,5,7,8,9,10,11,14,15,16,20,21 - perun (lightning) 16 - war 1,2,3,11,14,15,16,21 - summer 10,21 - the sun 14,16 - *per- / *perk- / *perg- [IE] (to strike) 5,7,8,11 - *bher- / *perg- [PIE] (strike) 6 - sacred animal is the bull 6,10,21 - rides a chariot 5,6,9 - pulled by a he-goat 5 - pulled by a bull 6 - carries an axe 5,6,10 - hammer 5,6 - axe 5,9,21 - arrow (strela) 5,16,20 - mace 10,21 - club 6 - bow 6,16 - associated with the oak tree 3,5,6,7,8,10,20,21 - sacred fire fueled with oak 6 - oak-wooded hill 8 - pergynja 8 - pre[h]gynja [OCS] 8 - peregynja [Old Rus] 8 - przeginia [Pol] 8 - thunder sign 21 - a six-petaled rose inside a circle 21 - a wheel with six spokes 21 - offerings of bulls 5,6 - offerings of cocks 6,7 - offerings of he-goats & bears 5,6,7 - enemy to Zaltys 5 - enemy to Zmiya (snake) 6 - husband to Peperuna 11 - son to Svarog 11,19 - twin brother to Peperuna 6,20 - brother to Dazhdbog 11 - brother to Svarozhich 11 aka Peroun 14 aka Peroon 21 aka Perunu[b] 8 aka Perenu 6 aka Perunu 6,20 aka Perkunas [Lit] 6 aka Perkons [Let] 6 aka Pio[a]run [Pol] >PYOO-run< 2,4,5 aka Pio[a]run 6 - destroyed amber palace of Jurata 6 aka Piorun 6 aka Pyerun [Rus] 2,6,14,20 aka Pargnus [Pru] 6 aka Preon [Svk] 2 • Pl[s]anetnik [Pol] 16 - elemental spirit - infer - air (wind?) spirit 16 • Podaga [Balto-Slavonic] 3,11 - elemental spirit - infer - male 3,11 - fire 3,11 aka Pogoda [Pol] 3,11 - southern wind 11 see Stribog • Poledvoi [Rus] 6 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - presides over the field (pole) 6 - appears clothed in white with green hair 6 aka Polednitsa 6 • Polel [Pol] 3,6 - affective spirit - infer - male 3,6,15 - love 3 - brother to Lel [Pol] 3,6 aka Polel' [Rus] 15 • Polevik >poh-LEH-veek< 2,3,4,6,11,14,21 - also >pa-li-VEEK< 22 Poleviki (pl.) 3 - agrarian spirit 3,13 - female 6 - pole [Rus] (field) 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,11,14,15,21 - (mistress of the field) 6 see Poludnica 6 - male 21 see Polevoi - infer • Polevoi [Rus] 1,2,5,6,11,13,15 - agrarian spirit 3 - male 1,2,4,5,6,10,14,21 - field (pole [Rus]) spirit 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,11,13,14,15 - appears as a hideous dwarf 6 - with grass for hair & differently colored eyes 6 - appears with grass for hair 10,21 - appears clothed all in white or black 6 - appears with skin of black clothed all in white 10,21 - offerings of two eggs & an old cockerel who could no longer crow 14 - placed in a ditch 14 aka Polevik 11,14 see Polevik - infer aka Polewik (sing.) [Pol] 5 / Polewiki (pl.) 4 aka Polevoy 10,21 • Poludnica >poh-wood-NEET-sah< 4,5,6 - agrarian / elemental / malefic spirit - infer - malevolent 3,6,11 - female 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,11,13,14,15,21 - field spirit 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,11,13,14,15,21 - lady midday 1,4,5,6 - noon 4,10,16,21 - the whirlwind 4 - poluden / polden (noon) 1,2,5,6 - polden' [Rus] (midday) 15 - polu (half / middle) / den (day) 11 - razputno vreme 11 - midday & from midnight till dawn 11 - (evil hours when roads mess up & lead to nowhere) 11 - literally: no roads time - infer - raz- [OCS] (dis-, un-) 27 - po[o]t' [OCS] (way / road) 27 - vre[h]me[o] [OCS] (time) 27 - heat exhaustion / sunstroke 5,6 - steals children or leads them astray 6 - appears as a 13-yr old girl 6 or a beautiful maiden 6,10,14 - carries a scythe 6 - appears as a crone [Wen] 6 - carries shears 6 - appears as a tall woman or a girl dressed in white 21 aka Pol[s]udnica [Pol] 4,16 aka Poldunica 6 aka Poludnitsa [Rus] 1,2,3,10,11,13,14,15,21 - appears as a beautiful young black-haired woman 11 - appears clothed in pure white chemise (riza) 3,10,11 - white: symbolic of mourning & death 11 - sister to Polunoshtnitsa 11 aka Psezpolnica [Srb] 4,5,6 aka Pscipolnitsa [Wen] 5 aka Polednica 6 aka Polednice [Cz] [Srb] 6 aka Poludnica 6 - floats on the winds 6 aka Prezpoludnica 6 aka Zitna-atka [Srb] 6 see (below) Zitna-atka 6 • (the) Poludnitsy [Ukr] 6 - celestial spirit(s) - infer - female 6 - moon 6 • Polunocnica >Poh-woo-nok-NEET-sah< 5,6,10,21 - malefic / temporal spirit - infer - malevolent 6,11,15 - female 4,5,6,10,11,21 - lady midnight 5,6,10,21 - polnoch' [Rus] (midnight) 15 - the third Zorya (?) of midnight 10,21 - brings nightmares to children 21 - lives in swamps 21 - sister to Zorya Utrenyaya & Zorya Vechernyaya 5 - sister to Zezhda Dennitsa & Vechernyaya Zezhda 5 aka Polunochnitsa 15 - brings nightmares to children 15 aka Polunoshtnitsa 11 - appears as a fierce old lady 11 - appears clothed in a pure white dress 11 - often found at crossroads 11 - razputno vreme 11 - midday & from midnight till dawn 11 - (evil hours when roads mess up & lead to nowhere) 11 - literally: no roads time - infer - raz- [OCS] (dis-, un-) 27 - po[o]t' [OCS] (way / road) 27 - vre[h]me[o] [OCS] (time) 27 - sister of the Poludnitsa 11 aka Palnochnitsa 11 aka Zwezda Po[a]lnoca [Pol] 4 - the third Zorya (?) of midnight 5,6 aka Gwiazda Polnoca 4 - Gwiazdka (little star) 4 • Poluvirica >Poh-woo-vee-REET-sa< 5,6,10,21 - wilderness spirit - infer - female 5,6,10,21 - (half-believer) 6 - non-christian 6 - forest 6,21 - appears naked 6,10,21 - with a long face 6 - pendulant breasts 6 - three braids down her back 6,10,21 - usually carrying a child 6,10,21 aka Poluveritsa 11 • Porenut 7,17 - temporal spirit - infer - male 8,17 - five faces 17 aka Porenutius 8 - latinized form 8 - son to Perun 8 • Porovit 7,17 - temporal spirit - infer - male 1,3,5,6,10,11,14,17 - (Powerful Lord) 6 - five faces 11,14 - one for each direction & one on his chest 14 - pora (midsummer) 5,7,23 - midsummer 1 - summer 10 - faces south 5,6,23 - summer aspect of Swiantovid 5,6,23 aka Porovitu[b] 8 aka Porevit 1,3,5,6,7,10,11,14 - forest primeval 3 aka Porvata [Pol] 3,23 aka Porvat 11 - fertility 11 aka Porentius [Lat] 14 • Prabah [Svk] 6 - guardian spirit - infer - male 6,10 - guardian of the land 6 - associated with Zivena 6 aka Praboh [Svk] 10 - supreme spirit 10 see Prove 6 • Prove 6 - guardian spirit - infer - male 6 - guardian of the land 6 see Prabah 6 • Przeles[a]nik 16 - malefic spirit - infer - male 16 - seduces young girls & wives 16 - steals their energy & beauty 16 • Przemien[a]ce [Pol] 16 - malefic spirit - infer - wolf / human shapeshifter 16 • Psotnik [Pol] 4,6 - wilderness spirits - infer - mischievious 4,6 aka Psotnica 4 • Radegasta 6 - martial spirit - infer - female 6 - war 6 • Radogast 6 - celestial / elemental spirit - infer - male 1,6,11,17 - the sun 6 aka Radogost 1 - may be Svarozhich 1 aka Radegost 6 aka Riedegost 6,17 aka Redigost 17 aka Redigast 6,17 aka Radegast 6,11,17 - fire 17 aka Radigost 11 - protector of travellers, traders, foreigners 11 - patron of hospitality 11 - raditi [Bul] (take care, look after, consider) 11 - gost [Bul] (guest, stranger, foreigner) 11 • Rakh (Strakh = fear ?) 3 - affective spirit - infer - male 3 - fear / unreason 3 • Rarog >RAH-rook< [Pol] 5,6,7,8,10,11,21 - elemental spirit - infer - malefic spirit 11 - male 5,6,10,21 - the whirlwind 5,6,7,8,10,11,21 - shape-shifter: falcon, hawk, fiery dwarf 5,6,7,8,10,21 - spreads evil spells, diseases, quarrels, hatred, suffering 11 aka Rarich [Ukr] 5,6,7 aka Rarach [Cz] 5,6,7,8 aka Jarog [Ukr] 7,8 see Svarog 8 • Ratainitsa 2 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - watched over the stable 2 • Rod [Pol] [Rus] 1,2,3,5,6,9,10,11,15,16,19,20,21 - ancestral / elemental / prognostic spirit(s) 1,2 - male 3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,15,16,19,20,21 - kin (male) 3,4,5,6,8,10,11,21 - cosmic fire 6 - creator 5,15,20 - originator of the universe 5,11,19 - created the sky, earth, & the underworld 6,11 - created the world & life 10 - fate 6 - birth 15 - life giver 16 - gromovoi znak [Rus] (thunder sign) 15,20 - grom [Slavic] (thunderbolt) 28 - znak [Pol] [Rus] (charm, mark, talisman, amulet) 4 - a six-petaled rose inside a circle 15,20 - associated with Rod 15 - linked with ancestor worship 4,5,6,9,10,11 - offerings of bread, curd, mead 9 - honorary meal of cottage cheese, mead, bread & porridge 5 - husband to Ros 6 - husband to Zhiva 11 - husband to Rodenica 5 - creatrix 5 aka Rozhenica 5 aka Rozanica 10,21 aka Rodu[b] 8 aka Ro[a]d 4 see Div 11 • Rodjenice [Srb] 6 - ancestral /prognostic spirit - infer - female 6 - fate 6 - sister with Sudnice & Sunjenice 6 aka Rozhenitsa of the Rozanice (triple fates) 6 aka Rozdenici [Bul] 6 see (the) Sudjenice - infer • Rodnaia Motushka 6 - celestial / guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - the sun 6 - presides over birth 6 • Ros 6 - ancestral / elemental / guardian / prognostic spirit - infer - female 6 - cosmic waters 6 - presides over birth & fate 6 - wife to Rod 6 - mermaid / sea nymph 6 see Rozhenitsa 6 see Rozanice 6 see Rodenica - infer see Rozanica - infer see Rozhenica - infer see Zhiva - infer • Rozanice [Rus] 6 - prognostic spirit - infer - female 6 - fate 6 see Ros 6 • Rozdenici [Bul] 6 - prognostic spirit - infer - female 6 - fate 6 - determines destiny, including time & manner of death 6 • Rozhanitsy [Rus] 1,9,10,15,21 - ancestral 1,6 / prognostic spirit(s) - infer - female 4,5,6,10,11,15,16,21 - mother & daughter spirits 5,6,10 - the three fates 10 - offspring 9 - birth 10,11,15 & fertility 10,16 - creation & procreation 11 - offerings of bread, curd, mead 9 aka Rozhenitsy (sing. Rozhenitsa) [Rus] 3,6,7 - fate 6 - determines destinies of newborns 6 see Ros 6 aka Rozenitsa 6 aka Rozhdenitsi (pl.) 11 - Rozhdenitsa (sing.) 6,11 - daughters to Rod & Zhiva 11 aka Rozhenitsi 11 - preside over creation & procreation 11 - watch over birth & delivery among humans & animals 11 aka Rozanica 21 - wife to Rod 21 see Ros - infer aka Roz[h]anica [Cro] [Srb] 8 - genatrix 8 aka Ro[a]z[d]anica 4 aka Ro[a]zanica [Pol] 4 aka Roz[d]anica [Pol] 4 - preside over birth & fate 4 aka Rodanica [Pol] 6 aka Rodienitsa [Cro] 6 aka Rodeinitsa 6 aka Rodenica 5,6 - wife to Rod 5 - mother & daughter 5 - attend birth & determine newborn's fate 5 - honorary meal of cottage cheese, mead, bread & porridge 5 aka Rozhenica 5,6 see Ros - infer aka Rojenica [Slo] 7,8 aka Rodjenica [Slo] 8 aka Rodjenice [Srb] 6 - attend births 6 - one spinning, one measuring, one cutting thread of life 6 aka Rodzanice [Pol] 16 - linked with pregnency & birth 5,10,16 • Ruevit 5,6,7,10,11 - temporal spirit - infer - male 1,5,6,10,11,14 - autumn 5,6,7,8,10 - month of rut 8 - ruinu[h] / ruenu[h] [OCS] (september) / r[h]ijen [Cz] (october) 6,7,10 - slavic month of ruenu 8 / october 5 - month of the rut 8 - month of mating 5,6 - autumn aspect of Swiantowid 5,6 - harvest 11 - faces east 5,6 aka Ruevitu[b] 8 aka Rinvit 10 aka Rudjevit 11 aka Rugevit 11,17 - seven faces 17 aka Rugievit (?) 1,3,5,6,10,14 - associated with the isle of Ru[u]gen 1,3,5,10,14 - war (?) 6,11 - seven faces 3,5,10,14 • Rusalka (sing.) >roo-SAHW-kah< [Rus] 1,2,5,6,10,11,13,15,21 - also >roo-SAL-ka< 22 Rusalki (pl.) 2,6,9 Russalki (pl.) 11 - wilderness spirit(s) 13 - female 1,2,4,5,6,9,10,11,13,14,15,16,21 - benevolent / malevolent 1,6,11,13,15 - rivers & riverbanks 11 - water 1,2,4,5,6,11 - trees 2,6,10,16,21 - weeping willow / birch 10,21 - drowned maiden / woman 2,6,10,11,13,14,15,21 - a child who died unnamed 10,21 - girls who died young 16 - appears as beautiful maidens 6,10,21 - clothed in white 6 - naked with long flowing hair 6 - have long, wavy green hair 10,21 - appears as a woman with long hair 13,15,16 - lure young men & travellers to a watery grave 6,9,13,15 - drown bathers 6,13 - sing & dance the khorovod (circle dance) in the moonlight 4,6,10,21 - pull intruders into their ring & dance them to death 21 - ruled over by Vodnik 11 - wife to Vodianoi 13,15 see Vodianikha - infer - offerings of ribbons tied to trees, linens, scarves, eggs 6 aka Rusal[s]ka 4 aka Rusal[s]ki [Pol] 16 - ruled over by Wodnik 16 aka Rusalky [Rus] 14 aka Rusallias [Srb] 4 aka Rusalkai 6 see Khitka 4,6,15 see Loskotukha 4,15 see Shutovka 15 see Bereginy - infer see Nemodilky - infer see (the) Veles - infer see Vila - infer • Schastie [Rus] 6 - guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - presides over good luck 6 • Seewa [Rus] 6 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - (Mother Friday) 6 - presides over the harvest 6 • Semargl 3,6,17 - chthonic / guardian spirit - infer - male 3,5,6,7,9,11,19,20,21 - (seven-head) 3 - seven faces 3,6 - soil 3,5,11,21 / fertility 3,5,11 - seeds 5,6,9 - guardian of vegetation 5,6,21 - protector of seeds & new plant growth 6,10,15,21 - protects the "World Tree" 5,6,10,21 - cognate with Slavonic words for "sow seeds" 6 - seme [OCS], semje [Rus], siemie [Pol], sjeme [Srb] [Cro] 6 aka Semargle 19 - appears as dog-like 19 - son to Svarog 19 aka Simargl >SEE-mar-gul< [Rus] 1,5,6,7,9,10,11,15,21,22 - appears as a griffin 1,7,21 - appears as a griffin-like dog with wings 5,6,10,11,15,17,21 - appears as an eagle or dog 9 - protector of green shoots & seeds 1,21 - protector of farm & the wheat 11 aka Simarglu[b] 8 aka Simaergla 6 aka Simorg 6 aka Symaergla 6 aka Simurgh 6 aka Simariglu 6,20 • Semargla 6 - elemental spirit - infer - female 6 - presides over cold & frosty weather 6 • Semik [Rus] 6,15 - chthonic / necrotic spirit 6 - female 6 - presides over the souls of the dead 6 - zeme [OCS] (earth, soil) 6 - zeml[a]ja [OCS] (earth, land) 26 - cognate with IE words for earth, soil 6 • Shutovka [Rus] 15 - wilderness spirit - infer - female 15 - (she-) joker 15 see Rusalka 15 • Sicksa 2 - wilderness spirit - infer - forest 2 - mischievous 2 • Siliniez [Pol] 6 - wilderness spirit - infer - male 6 - woods 6 - his sacred fire was fueled with moss 6 • Sirin >SEE-rin< 15,22 - prognostic spirit - infer - female 15 - appears as a half-woman, half-bird 15 - bird of joy, success 15 - the bird of joy * - entrances people with its singing 15 - sister to Alkonost / Alconest * aka Syrena [Pol] 23 - draconian snake spirit 23 - half woman, half fish / mermaid 23 see Siriny - infer aka Gamaiun 15 - its cries are a prophecy of happiness 15 see Alkonost / Alconest * * http://www.sirin.com/docs/etymolog.htm * link good as of: 12-22-2004 • Siriny 6 - wilderness spirits - infer - female 6 - appear as "fish women" / mermaids 6 see Sirin - infer • Sjantaik [Rus] 6 - guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - (Birth Mother) 6 - presides over humans & animals 6 • Skotnyi Bog [Rus] 6,15 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - male 6,15 - presides over cattle 6,15 - skotnyi bog [Rus] (livestock god) 15 - bogu[b] [OCS] (god) 27 see Volos 6,15 • Skritek [Cz] 10,21 - domestic spirit - infer - male 10,21 - household spirit 10,21 - appears as a small boy 10,21 - offerings of food on Thursdays & at Christmas 10,21 • Smert [Rus] 4,6 - necrotic spirit - infer - female 4,6 - (death / fate) 4,6 - smurt (death) 11 - equates to Kuga [Slo] [Cro] [Srb] 6 / Chuma [Bul] [Rus] [Srb] 6 aka S[a]mierna [Pol] 4 aka Smierna [Pol] 6 aka S[a]mierc[a] 4 aka S[a]miertanka 4 aka Smrtnice [Cz] 6 see Marzanna / Marenna 6 • Snigna 11 - elemental / temporal spirit - infer - male 11 - winter 11 - presides over snow & cold 11 - sniag (snow) 11 aka Krachun 11 - kratuk (short, brief) days 11 - winter solstice 11 • Sojenice [Slo] 6 - prognostic spirit - infer - female 6 - fate 6 • Solntse 6,20 - celestial / elemental spirit - infer - female 6,20 - solntse [OCS] (sun) 6 - wife to Myestas 6 - mother to Zvezda Dennitsa & Vechernyaya Zvezda 6,20 - daughter to Peperuna 6,20 • Spo[a]r [Pol] 4 - agrarian / guardian spirits - infer - fertility 4,6,10,21 - preside over "corn" & cattle growth 6,10,21 aka Spor [Pol] 6,10,21 • Sreca [Srb] 6,14 - guardian / prognostic spirit - infer - female 6,14 - personal fate 6 - protects an individual's fields & flocks 6 - the fate who spun the golden thread 14 see Dolya 6 • Sreha [Srb] 3 - affective spirit - infer - female 3 - happiness / luck 3 - the alter-ego of Nesreha 3 aka Ustrecha (meeting) 3 • Sroya 14 - martial spirit - infer - female 14 - virgin 14 - war 14 see Zorya - infer • Stribog >STREE-bog< [Rus] 1,2,7,9,10,11,14,15,19,21,22 - (paternal-uncle-lord) 3 - elemental spirit - infer - male 1,2,3,5,7,8,10,11,14,15,19,20,21 - malevolent 6 - srei (to flow) 5 - stru [OCS] (to flow) 6 - bogu[b] [OCS] (god) 27 - the wind 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,15,19,20,21 - cold / frost / ice 3,5,6,10,14,21 - storm & dissension 5,10,15,21 - the winds are his children / granchildren 3,5,6,7,10,11,21 - Vikhor: whirlwinds 6 - Dogoda/Pogoda: the gentle west wind 6 - Varpulis: the storm-wind 6 - Erisvorsh: the holy tempest 6 - Vetru 6 aka Ve[h]tru[b] 8 - the north wind 6 - the south wind 6 - Pogoda [Pol] 3,11 - southern wind 11 - son to Svarog 19 aka Stribo[a]g 5 aka S[a]tribo[a]g >SHTREE-book< 4,14 aka Stribogu[b] 8 - apportioner of wealth 8,10,21 aka Stribogu 20 • Strigoi [Rom] 4 - undead spirits - infer - vampires 4 • Strzyga 4 - undead spirits - infer - vampires 4 • Sud 3 - affective / prognostic spirit - infer - male 3 - destiny / glory 3 - served by Sudenitsy (sing. Sudenitsa) 3 aka Sedz [Pol] 3 aka Usud [Yug] 3 • Sudenitsy (pl.) 3 Sudenitsa (sing.) 3 - prognostic spirits - infer - female* - fate deities* - three sisters* - servitors of Sud 3 see Sudicki * http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/AllDataHTML.jsp?sort=DDiam * link good as of: 12-22-2004 • Sudnice [Srb] 6 - ancestral /prognostic spirit - infer - female 6 - fate 6 - sister with Rodjenice & Sunjenice 6 see (the) Sudjenice - infer • Sudicki [Cz] 4,10,21 - prognostic spirits - infer - female 6 - judgment 4 / fortune 4,10,21 / destiny 4 - equates to the fates 4,6 - appear as old women clothed in white 6 - attend births, announcing fate of newborn 6 aka (the) Sudice [Pol] 6 - appear clothed in white 6 aka Sudbina [Cro] 6 - presides over birth & fate aka (the) Sudjenice [Cro] [Slo] [Srb] 6 - Rodjenice - infer - Sudnice - infer - Sunjenice - infer aka Sudjenica [Cro] [Srb] 7 aka Sudicy [Boh] 6 aka Sudic[h]ky [Boh] [Cz] 6 aka Sudicka [Cz] 6 - appear as three women clothed in white 6 - preside over birth & fate 6 aka Sudic[h]a [Cz] 7 aka Sojenice [Cro] [Slo] [Srb] 6 aka Narucnici [Bul] 6 aka Rodjenice [Cro] 6 aka Orisnici 6 aka Suzenici 6 aka (the) Sudzenici [Bul] 6 aka Udelnicy 6 aka Uresici 6 aka Urisnici 6 • Sunjenice [Srb] 6 - ancestral /prognostic spirit - infer - female 6 - fate 6 - sister with Rodjenice & Sudnice 6 see (the) Sudjenice - infer • Svantovit 1,2,10,14,21 - guardian / martial / temporal spirit - infer - male 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,14,15,17,21 - (strong lord) 1,6 - war 1,2,3,5,6,7,9,10,11,14,17,21 - svent (strong) 5 - protector of fields & crops 1,5,6,7,10,14,21 - four faces 4,6,10,11,14,21 - the four seasons 4,6 / the four directions 4,6,11 aka Svantowit 6 aka Svantevit 6,7,17 aka Svantavit 3 aka Sventovit 5,6 aka Svetovit 7,11 aka Svetovitu[b] 8 aka Sviatovit 15 aka Swiantovid 6 aka Swiantowid 5 aka Swiatowid >shvyan-TOH-veed< 5 aka Swietowit 14 aka S[a]wia[o]towid 4 - two male & two female faces 4,5 - offerings of soil 4 aka S[a]wia[o]towit 4 aka S[a]wie[o]towit [Pol] 16 see Perun [Pol] 16 see Svarozhich / Swaroz[d]yc [Pol] 16 aka Svyatovid 11 aka Svetarit 9 aka Zuantevith 6 see Swarog (?) 5 see Porevit 6 see Svarozhich / Svarozic 6 • Svarog >SVAR-ug< [Rus] 1,2,3,6,7,9,10,11,14,15,17,20,21,22 - (fear-lord) 3 - celestial / elemental spirit - infer - male 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,14,15,19,20,21 - the sky 2,5,6,10,11,14,20,21 - fire 3,5,11 - the sun 15 - svargas (radiant sky) 5 - svarati (gleams) 5 - svarati (bright, shine) 6 - blacksmithing 1,3,5,6,8,9,10,15,17,21 - shapeshifter 5,9 - wind, a golden-horned aurochs, boar, horse, falcon 5 - bull, grey wolf, horse, falcon 9 - giver of fire 10,11,21 - husband to Mati Zemlya 11 - husband to Makosh 21 - husband to Lada 5 - father to Dazhbog 5,15,20 - celestial fire 5 - father to Dazbog 6 - father to Dazhdbog 11 - creator of the sun 10 - father to Swarowicz 5 - hearth fire 5 - father to Perun 11 - father to Svantovit / Svarozhits 6 - father to Svarozhich 11 / Svarogich 14 / Svarovich 20 - father to Semargle 19 - son to Rod 19 aka Svarogu[b] 8 - war 8 aka Swarog 5 aka Swaro[a]g [Pol] >SHVAR-ook< 5,16 aka S[a]waro[a]g [Pol] 4 - fire 4 - war 4 - (bright, clear) 4 aka Svatog 6 - svetu [OCS] (world) 6 - war / fate / fertility 6 see Rarog 8 • Svarozhich >svar-OZH-ich< 1,6,7,10,11,14,21,22 - elemental spirit - infer - male 1,2,5,6,7,10,11,14,15,16,17 - benevolent / malevolent 11 - the fire 1,2,5,10,11,14,17,20,21 - son of Svarog 10,11,15,20,21 - brother to Da-Bog 14 - brother to Dazhdbog 11 - brother to Perun 11 aka Svarozhichi [Rus] 15 aka Svarogich 2,14 aka Swarozhicz >shvar-OH-zheech< 5 aka Swarowicz >shvar-OH-veech< 5 - son to Swaro[a]g 5 aka Svarovich 20 aka Swaroz[d]yc [Pol] 16 aka Svaroz[h]ic[h]i[b] [Rus] 8 aka Svaroz[h]ici[b] 8 - son to Svarogu[b] 8 aka Svarozhitsh 6 aka Svaroghits 20 aka Svarogitch 6 aka Svarozic 6 - son to Svarog 6 aka Svarozhits 6,11 aka Svarozich 17 aka Svarojiz 17 - son to Svarog 17 aka Svarozhits 6,11 - son to Svarog 6 aka Zuarasiei 6 aka Zuarasiz (Radegost) 6 aka Zuarasici 1 aka Zuarasic 7 - latinized form 7 aka Ogon 5 - (fire) 5 see Rarog 8 • Svredel 6,20 - guardian spirit - infer - male 6,20 - (the borer) 6,20 - patron of masons 6,20 • Syen 6,14 - guardian spirits 6,14 - male 14 - guardians of the home 14 - can enter the bodies of men, dogs, snakes or hens 14 • Talasum [Bul] 11 - malefic spirit 11 - undead / ghost 11 - dweller of houses & deserted buildings 11 - hard to drive away 11 • Tapio [Rus] 6 - wilderness spirit - infer - male 6 - forest 6 • Tawals [Pol] 6,10 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - male 6,10 - protector of fields 6,10 • Topielce 4 - malefic spirits - infer - water spirits 4 - topia[b] (to drown) 4 - those who met their demise by drowning 4 • Triglav >TREE-glahv< 1,4,5,6,7,10,11,14,21 - guardian spirit - infer - male 1,3,5,6,10,11,14 - three faces 10,21 - (three heads) 6 - tri (three) / glava (head) 11 - tri'e, tri [OCS] (three) 26 / glava [OCS] (head) 26 - the three realms - sky / earth / underworld 1,3,4,5,6,10,11,14,21 - his symbol is a snake bent into a triangle 6 aka Tribog 10,21 aka Tryglaw [Pol] 3 aka Troglav 7 aka Troyan 3 ,11 - (The Triune One) 3 - (triple) 11 aka Trzhiglov 11 aka Trzygl[s]o[a]w [Pol] 16 • Upior 4 - undead spirits 4,16 - vampires 4,15,16 aka Upyr [Rus] 4,5 see Wampyr 5 see Wiesczy 5 aka Upyr' [Rus] 15 aka Upir 11 see Yavina 11 aka Upier [Pol] 4 - male vampire 4 aka Upierzyca [Pol] 4 - female vampire 4 aka Upio[a]ry [Pol] 16 aka Eretik >EH-reh-teek< [Rus] 5,10,11,15 - male 15 - (heretic [Rus]) 5,10,15 - the belief that heretics returned from the dead as upyr 5,10 - deceased sorcerer who continues to plague the living [Rus] 15 aka Eretnik [Rus] 5, 15 aka Eretitsa [Rus] 15 - female 15 - deceased sorcerer who continues to plague the living [Rus] 15 aka Eretnitsa [Rus] 15 aka Erestun [Rus] 5,10,15 - the soul of a sorcerer 10,15 - possesses & revives a body on the brink of death 10,15 aka Eretica 5,10 - causes one to wither by the power of their eye 10 • Uroda [Svk] 6,10 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - female 6,10 - presides over the fields 6,10 • Varpulis 6,10 - elemental spirit - male 6,10 - the storm-wind 6,10 - grandson to Stribog 6 • Vazila 3 Vazily (pl.) 3 - agrarian / guardian spirit 3 - presides over the stable 3 • Vechernyaya Zezhda 5 - celestial spirit - infer - female 4,5,6,11 - the evening star 2,4,6,11 - the planet Mercury or Venus AHD4 - prominent in the west shortly after sunset AHD4 - sister to Zezhda Dennitsa 5 - sister to Zorya Utrenyaya, Zorya Vechernyaya & Polunocnica 5,6 aka Zwezda Wieczo[a]rniaia [Pol] 4 aka Gwiazda Wieczorna 4 - Gwiazdka (little star) 4 aka Vechernyaya Zvezda 2,6 - sister to Zvezda Dennitsa 6 - daughter to Dazhdbog 6 - daughter to Solntse 6,20 aka Vechernitsa 11 - vecher (evening) 11 - the planet Venus 11 - daughter to Dazhdbog 11 - associated with razputno vreme 11 - the hours after midnight 11 - (evil hours when roads mess up & lead to nowhere) 11 - literally: no roads time - infer - raz- [OCS] (dis-, un-) 27 - po[o]t' [OCS] (way / road) 27 - vre[h]me[o] [OCS] (time) 27 • Ved'ma 6, [Rus] 15 - guardian spirit - infer - female 6,15 - vedeti [OCS] (know, wise) 6 - ve[h]de[h]ti [OCS] (verb: know) 27 - knows medicinal plants 6 - witch 15 - guardian of the waters of life & death 6 see Baba Yaga - infer • (the) Veles 6 - wilderness spirits 6 - female 6,7,10,11,14,16,21 - benevolent 11 / malevolent 11 - shape-shifters 6,7,10,21 - swans, snakes, horses, falcons, wolves 6,7 - swans, hawks, horses, wolves 16 - animals 21 - appear as beautiful maidens 6,7,10,11,16,21 - appear dressed in white 6,7,10,11 - appear naked 6,7,11,16 - have long flowing hair 6,7,10,11,16,21 - pull intruders into their ring & dance them to death 7 - huntresses 6 - warriors 10,21 - healing 6,11 & prophecy 6 - similar to Artemis * [Grk] 14 * http://oldweb.uwp.edu/academic/english/canary/romans.html * link good as of: 12-22-2004 - offerings of round cakes, ribbons, fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers 6,10,21 - left at trees, wells & caves 6,10,21 aka Wila 6 aka Vila 7,10,14,21 aka Wil[s]y [Pol] 16 aka Samodivi 11 see (the) Divi-te Zeni 6 aka Samodiva 11 - associated with deer 11 see Yuda-Samodiva - infer see Bereginy - infer see Nemokildy - infer see Vila - infer see Rusalka - infer • Vesna 5,6,10,14 - temporal spirit - infer - female 5,6,10,14 - spring 10,14 - vesna [OCS] [Rus] (spring) 6 - wiosna [Pol] (spring) 6 - [Srb] (?) 5,10 aka Wesna [Cz] 6 - summer 6 • Vestica [Bul] [Cro] [Slo] [Srb] 24 - malefic spirit 24 - female 24 - male 24 - Vestac 24 - old, ugly woman, long, gray hair, limping, little tail or horns, red eyes 24 - hurting cattle, stealing milk, causing drought, hail, casting spells 24 - flying druing the night in the form of a moth 24 - suffocating people, sucking blood, taking hearts out of their chests 24 - stealing unborn babies from wombs 24 • (the) Vestice [Cz] 6 - wilderness spirits - infer - female 6 - wild women 6 - shape shifters 6 - steal newborn babies 6 • Viesczy [Kas] 4 - undead spirits - infer - born with a caul or with teeth 4 - vampire 4 aka Wiesczy 4,5 see Upyr 5 see Wampyr 5 • Vij 6 - necrotic spirit - infer - male 6,19 - presides over the underworld 6 - father to Zlatogorka 6 - father to Koshchei 6 aka Vi'i >VEE< 19,22 - judge of the souls in the Underworld 19 - father to Koschei 19 • Vila (sing.) >VEE-lah< [Cro] [Cz] [Srb] 1,2,3,5,6,10 - also >VEE-la< 22 Vili (pl.) 3 - wilderness spirits - infer - malevolent 11 / benevolent 3 - female 1,2,3,4,6,11,16 - rivers 2 - trees 2,3 - wind, storm, hail & whirlwind 6 - shape-shifters - swans, horses, wolves 4,6 - falcons 4 - drowned maiden / woman 2 - souls of dead girls 4 - often vicious & cruel 3 - can heal, give advice, reveal treasure, or teach magic & medicine 3 aka Villa 11 - live in mountain forests 11 - possess knowledge about nature, herbs, healing 11 aka Vily 5,6 aka Vile 5,6 aka Samovilla 11 aka Samovila (sing.) 6 see Yuda-Samovila - infer aka Samovili (pl.) 6 see (the) Divi-te Zeni 6 aka Samovily 6 aka Wila 4 5 aka Wili 6 aka Willi 6 aka Judy 6 see Bereginy - infer see Nemodilky - infer see Rusalka - infer see (the) Veles - infer • Vodianikha [Rus] 13,15 - wilderness spirit 13 - female 13,15 - wife to the Vodianoi 13,15 see Rusalka - infer • Vodni Panny 6,10,14,21 - wilderness spirits - infer - female 10,14,21 - appear as sad & pale water nymphs 10,14,21 - dressed in green 10,14,21 - live in underwater crystal palaces 10,14,21 • Vodonoi 5,6 - wilderness spirit 13 - male 1,2,4,5,6,10,11,13,14,15,16,21 - benevolent 6 / malevolent 6,10,13,14,15,21 - water (woda) spirits 1,2,3,4,5,10,11,13,14,16,21 - voda [Rus] (water) 15,21 - voda [OCS] (water) 6 - associated with springs, pools, lakes, rivers, etc - shape-shifter 6,21 - appear as old men with long green 6 or white beards 6,16 - with a long beard & green hair 13,15 - appears as a naked old man 13,15 - appear as fat old bald men 6 - appears as a mossy looking fish 6,14,15 - appear as a half-fish, half-human 13,15 - covered with mire, slime, or scales 13,15 - apppear as flying tree trunks 6 - often husband to Rusalka 6 - sometimes husband to Vodianikha 13,15 - rules over Rusalki 11 - will try to drown people 11,13,14,15,21 - offerings of the first fish caught, a piece of tobacco 6 aka Vodianoi [Rus] 13,15 aka Vodyanoy >vohd-YAH-noy< 10,21 aka Vodaynoy 21 aka Vodyanye 1 aka Vodyany-ye (pl.) 2 aka Vodyanoi 1,2,3,6,11,14 aka Wo[a]djanoj [Pol] >vohd-YAH-noy< 4,5,6 aka Vodnik 11 aka Wodnik [Pol] 16 aka Vodonik 5,6 aka Vodyanik 6 aka Vodanyoi 6 • Volos >VOH-lohs< [Rus] 1,3,5,6,7,9,10,11,14,15,17,20,21 - agrarian / chthonic / guardian / necrotic spirit - infer - male 1,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,14,15,16,19,20,21 - benevolent / malevolent 6 - volos (hair) 3 - horned lord 5,6 - bearded shepherd 6 - protector of domestic animals 1,4,6,11,14,16 - protector of cattle 1,2,3,9,10,14,15,16,19,21 - volu [OCS] (ox), vol [Rus] (ox), vul [Cz] (ox) 6 see Skotnyi Bog 6,15 - protector of flocks 7,8,10,19,21 - protector of shepherds 14 - protector of herds & crops 20 - presides over horned animals & wealth 5,6,9,10,11,15 - protector of merchants 16,19,21 - presides over the underworld 5,6,10,11,15,16,19 - vele (souls of the dead) 16 - invoked while swearing to oaths & treaties 5,6,8,10,21 - patron of bards 5,6,9,16,21 - associated with magic 5,11,19,21 - enemy to Perun 10,21 - husband to Morena 19 - husband to Diva 19 - offerings of cocks 10,21 aka Volosu[b] 8 aka Volusu 14 aka Wolos [Pol] 6 aka Wol[s]os [Pol] 16 aka Weles >VEH-less< 4,5,6 aka Wel[s]es [Pol] 16 aka Veles [Cz] [Rus] 6,7,8,10,11,14,15,17,20,21 aka Velesu[b] [Rus] 8 aka Velsu[b] 8 aka Vyelyes 2 aka Vlas (St. Blasius) [Rus] 6,7,8,10,11 - vlas (hair, fur) 11 - vlast (authority, power) / vlasti (to rule, to own) 11 - wisdom, magic, knowledge 11 aka St. Blas 5 aka Vlah 7 aka Vlassy 6 aka Ganyklos [Lit] 6 aka (?) Walgino 10,14,21 see Walgino 6 • Vozdushnye 1 - elemental spirits - infer - air (wind?) 1 • Vukadlak 20 - malefic spirit - infer - appears as a wolf 20 - follows the clouds 20 - devours the sun or moon 20 • Vukodlak 10 - malefic spirit - infer - werewolf 6,10 - (wolf's hair) 10 - vluko [OCS] / volk [Rus] (wolf) 6 - born with a caul or with teeth 10 aka Volkodlak 1 aka Vlkodlaks 6 see Wilkol[s]aki - infer • Walgino [Pol] 2,6,14 - agrarian / guardian spirit 2 - male 6,14 - protector of cattle 2,6,14 see Volos 6 • Wampyr 3,5,10 - undead spirits - infer - vampire 1,3,5,10 see Upyr 5 see Wiesczy 5 aka Vampir 10 aka Wampiry [Pol] 16 aka Vlkoslak 3 • Wa[o]z[d] 4 - ancestral / domestic spirit / guardian - infer - (Snake) 4 - guardian of the hearth 4 - connected with birth 4 see Roz[d]anica 4 - connected with bathhouse 4 see Bannik 4 • Wilkol[s]aki [Pol] 16 - malefic spirit - infer - wolf / human shapeshifter 16 see Vukodlak - infer • Yarila [Rus] [Ukr] 3,11,17,21 - temporal spirit - infer - female 6,20 - male 3,11,17,21 see Yarilo - spring 2,3,4,6,10,11,14 - fertility 3,6,11,20,21 - carnal passion (yary) 2,11,21 - equates to Freyja * [Nor] 6 * http://www.thorshof.org/vanir.htm * link good as of: 12-22-2004 aka Iarila [Rus] 6,20 - (ardent sun) 20 - sister / wife to Iarilo 6,20 - clothed in white 6,20 - mounted on a horse 6,20 - effigy burned at summer soltice 6,20 see Yarilo 6 aka Jarila [Srb] 3 • Yarilo 2,6,9,10,11,14,19,21 - temporal spirit - infer - male 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,14,15,16,19,20,21 - spring 1,2,4,5,6,9,10,11,14,16,21 - fertility 1,3,4,6,9,11,14,19 - yary (carnal passion) 2,4,10,11,14,16,19 - sexuality 5,11,14,15,19,21 - love 6,11,16 - jaru (young, springtime, bright, rash, strength, fury) 5,6 - equates to Frey [Nor] 6 * http://www.thorshof.org/vanir.htm * link good as of: 12-22-2004 - appears as a handsome, barefoot youth 5,6 - clothed in long white robe 5,6,10,21 - a wreath of flowers on his head 5,6,10,11,21 - mounted on a white horse 5,6,10 - holding wheat ears in his left hand 5,6,10,11,21 - husband to Mati-Syra-Zemlya 6 - son to Dazhbog & Lada 10,21 - son to Veles & Diva 19 aka Yarylo [Bel] [Ukr] 3 - evolved into female [Bel] 3 aka Iarilo [Rus] 6,15,20 - brother / husband to Iarila 6,20 - appears clothed in white 6 - mounted on a horse 6,20 - effigy burned at summer soltice 6,20 - effigy destroyed at ritual funeral 15 - husband to Semik 15 see Yarila 6 aka Jarilo >yah-REE-loh< 4,5,6,7,8 - spring (jar [Pol]) 4 aka Jaryl[s]o [Pol] 16 - strong, passionate (jary) 16 aka Erilo 6 see Kupalo 5,11 see Dzarowit 6 • Yavina 11 - malefic spirit 11 - related to the Upir 11 - spirit of a murdered person 11 - wanders until end of its normal life-span 11 - kills or curses those who answer its calls 11 - repelled by fire or water 11 • Yuda [Bul] 11 - malefic spirits 11 - female 11 - related to Villa & Samodiva 11 - inhabit forests & mountains 11 - have great witchcraft abilities 11 - skilled herbalists & poisoners 11 aka Yuda-Samovila 11 see Samovila - infer aka Yuda-Samodiva 11 see Samodiva - infer • Yurata 11 - wilderness spirit - infer - female 11 - water spirit 11 - inhabits sea coast & shallows 11 • Zaltys (snake) 5,6,10,21 - guardian spirit - infer - male 6 - world serpent who lay coiled at the roots of the world tree 5,6,10,21 - fertility [Lit] 12 - enemy to Perun 5,6,10,21 aka Zmey 6,11,21 - (snake) 21 - enemy to Peroon 21 aka Zimy 6 aka Zmiya 6 - (snake) 6 • Zarya 6 - guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - presides over healing waters 6 • Zezhda Dennitsa 5 - celestial spirit - infer - female 2,5,6,11,20 - the morning star 2 - wife to Myesyats 2 - sister to Vechernyaya Zezhda 5 - sister to Zorya Utrenyaya, Zorya Vechernyaya & Polunocnica 5 aka Zorya Zwezda Dnieca 4 aka Zwezda Dnieca [Pol] 4 aka Gwiazda Poranna [Pol] 4 - gwiazdka (little star) 4 aka Zora Zornicka [Pol] 4 aka Zvezda Dennitsa 2,6 - sister to Vechernyaya Zvezda 6 - daughter to Dazhdbog 6 - daughter to Solntse 6,20 see Zorya Utrennyaya 6 aka Danica 6,20 - (day star) 6,20 - the planet Venus 6,20 - visible in the east just before or at sunrise AHD4 - seduced by Myesyats 6,20 - sister to the sun 20 aka Danitsa [Cro] [Srb] 6,20 aka Denica [Rus] 6,20 aka Dnevnitsa 11 - (day star) 11 - the planet Venus 11 - daughter to Dazhdbog 11 - associated with razputno vreme 11 - the hours after midnight 11 - (evil hours when roads mess up & lead to nowhere) 11 - literally: no roads time - infer - raz- [OCS] (dis-, un-) 27 - po[o]t' [OCS] (way / road) 27 - vre[h]me[o] [OCS] (time) 27 aka Zornica 11 - (dawn star) 11 aka Zornitsa 11 aka Zurya Utrennyaya 20 - the morning star 20 • Zhar-Ptitsa [Rus] 11 - the Fire Bird - zhar (glowing embers, living coals) & ptitsa (bird) 11 - Slavic equivalent of the Phoenix 11 - a fiery bird, nesting in the World Tree's crown 11 - messenger of the spirits 11 aka Zhar-Ptitca [Rus] aka Zhar-Ptitza aka Zshar-Ptitsa [Rus] aka Shar-Ptitsa aka Shar-Ptitza aka Jar-Ptitza aka Z[d]ar-Ptica [Srb] [Cro] aka Shar-Ptica aka Pta[a]k Z[h]havy[a] [Cz] - z[h]havy[a], n - blistering, burning, ember, fervid, fiery, hot, molten, steamy - ptak, n. - bird - http://www.wordbook.cz/slovnik.php?fjazyk=en aka Pta[a]k Ohniva[a]k [Cz] - http://www.slovnik.cz/ aka Z[d]ar Ptak [Pol] - z[d]ar, n. - embers, heat, glow, fire, flame, swelter - fever, fervour, fervor, fervency, ardour, ardor, excitation - ptak, n. - bird - http://www.poltran.com/ aka Z[h]iara Vta[a]k [Svk] - z[h]iara, n. - blaze, brilliance, effulgence, flame, glow, heat, resplendency, shine - vta[a]k, n. - bird, tailor bird - http://www.slovnik.psg.sk/default.asp aka Ohnivak 20 • Zhiva 3,6,11,19 - guardian / necrotic spirit - infer - female 3,6,10,11,14,17,19 - zivu [OCS] (life / vigour) 3,6,10,11,14 - zhiti'je [OCS] (life) 26 - zhiv (alive) / zhivot (life) 11 - (to live) 19 - presides over health & healing 6 - presides over the dead 6 - presides over life, birth, spring, fertility, love 11 - wife to Rod 11 see Ros - infer - daughter to Svarog & Lada 19 - wife to Yarilo 19 - marries at the spring equinox 19 aka Siva [Rus] 6,11,14 - presides over health & healing 6 aka Ziva 6,17 aka Zivena [Slo] [Srb] 6,10 aka Zivenna 6 aka Zywye [Pol] 3 aka Zywie [Pol] 6 see Diva 11 • Zhiva-Yuda [Bul] 11 - wilderness spirit 11 - female 11 - Yuda-Samovila servant of Zhiva 11 • Zima 14 - elemental spirit - infer - female 14 - mother winter 14 - zima (winter) 6 see Zimarzla - infer • Zimarzla [Rus] 6 - elemental spirit - infer - female 6 - (the Frozen) 6 - zima (winter) 6 - weather 6 - appears clothed in hoarfrost & snow / crowned with hailstones 6 see Zima - infer • Zitna-atka 6 - elemental spirit - infer - female 6 - midday spirit 6 - kills those who can't answer her riddles 6 see Poldunica: Zitna-atka 6 • Zizilia [Pol] 6 - affective / guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - presides over love & sexuality 6 see Dzidzilia - infer • Zlatogorka 6 - guardian spirit - infer - female 6 - (golden hill) 6 - the mountain of glass 8 - may have originally been amber 8 - daughter to Vij 6 - wife to Dazhbog 6 • Zmei Gorynich 10,21 - malefic spirit - infer - male 10,21 - the Serpent of the Mountain 10,21 - ally of Baba Yaga 10,21 - half-human 10,21 - lives in mountain caves or the bowels of earth 10,21 • Z[d]mij [Pol] 16 - benevolent 16 - winged dragon-snake 16 - associated with fire-like phenomena in the sky 16 - appears as various birds 16 - appears as a man with little wings on his shoulders 16 • Zors 4 - celestial spirits - infer - male 4 - day spirits 4 see Khors - infer • (the) Zorya / (the) Zorza [Pol] [Rus] 4,10 - prognostic spirits - female 4,5 - the auroras 4,5 - the Slavic fates 4 aka (the) Zorya (ZOR-yah) 5 - daughters to Dazhdbog 5,6 - Zorya Utrenyaya 5 - Zorya Vechernyaya 5 - Polunocnica 5 aka (the) Zori 11 - zora (dawn) / zori (pl) 11 aka (the) Zarya 20 • Zorya 5 - martial spirit 10 - female 5 - hides & protects warriors with her veil 5,10 see Sroya - infer • Zorya Dennitsa 6 - temporal spirit - infer - female 6 - aurora of the dawn 6 - wife to Svarog 6 - mother to Dazbog 6 see Zorya Utrennyaya 6 • Zorya Utrenyaya >ZOR-yah< 5,6,10 - temporal spirit - infer - female 2,5,6,10,20 - aurora of the dawn 5,6,10,20 - sits on the fiery stone Alatuir 6,20 aka Alatyr 1 - from under which flows a healing river 6,20 / four rivers 1 - in Bouyan 6,20 or Bonyan: the otherworld paradise 6 - Buyan 1 - sister to Zorya Vechernyaya & Polunocnica 5 - sister to Zezhda Dennitsa & Vechernyaya Zezhda 5 aka Zorya Utrennyaya 2,6,20 - utro / jutro [OCS] (morning) 2,6 see Zvezda Dennitsa 6 see Zorya Dennitsa 6 aka Utrennyaya 6 aka Dnieca [Pol] 6 aka Dennitsa 20 - seduced by Myesyats 20 • Zorya Vechernyaya >ZOR-yah< 2,5,6,10,20 - temporal spirit - infer - female 2,5,6,10,20 - aurora of the evening / sunset 5,6,10,20 - vecher (evening) 2 - dusk / twilight 6 - in Bouyan 6,20 or Bonyan: the otherworld paradise 6 - sister to Zorya Utrenyaya & Polunocnica 5 - sister to Zezhda Dennitsa & Vechernyaya Zezhda 5 aka Zarya Verchernyaya 6 aka Zvezda Vechemyaya 6 aka Wieczo[a]rniaia [Pol] 6 • Zosim 2 - agrarian / guardian spirit - infer - protector of bees 2 • Zuttibur 2 - guardian / wilderness spirit - infer - protector of the forest 2 • Zytniamatka [Pru] 6 - agrarian spirit - infer - female 6 - "corn" mother 6 =========================================================== Appendix: Spirit terms • bog 2,11,14 - god 2,11 - richness & power 14 • bogi 15 - gods 15 • bo[a]g, m. >boog< [Pol] 4,16 - god 4,16 - loosely it translates to "noble" 4 - wealth 16 - good share, good luck (*bhag- [IE]) 4, AHD4 - substituted for diva, dziw- 4 • bogini, f. >boh-GEE-nee< [Pol] 4 - goddess 4 • bostwo, n. >BOH-stvoh< [Pol] 4 - deity, godhead 4 aka Bo[a]stwo 4 • bogu [slavic] 7 - wealth 7 - god 7 - source of wealth 7 • bogu[b] 8 - god 8 - wealth 8 - giver of wealth 8 - from nebo [slavic] (cloud) 8 - substituted for sky (*die[m]us [IE]) 8 • bogu[b] [OCS] 26,27 - god 26,27 • bogi [OCS] - infer - gods - infer • boga [OCS] - infer - goddess - infer • bogy [OCS] - infer - goddesses - infer • dus[h]a [OCS] 26,27 - soul 26 - soul, breath 27 • dukhu' [OCS] 26 - spirit 26 • duch [Pol] 16 - ghost 16 • duxu[b] [OCS] 26,27 - spirit 26 - spirit, breath 27 • duxi [OCS] - infer - spirits - infer =========================================================== Appendix: Spirit classifications • rule of distance - the further from the center of the home, the more malevolent the spirit • ancestral spirits - connected to the cult of the ancestors • domestic spirits - connected to the house / home • agrarian spirits - connected to agriculture / farming • wilderness spirits (nature spirits) - connected to the untamed countryside • affective spirits - connected to emotional states • celestial spirits - connected to the sky / heavens • chthonic spirits - connected to the earth • elemental spirits - connected to forces / energies • guardian spirits - protective • malefic spirits - destructive / harmful • martial spirits - connected to war • necrotic spirits - connected to death • prognostic spirits - connected to fate / fortune • temporal spirits - connected to a specific time =========================================================== Appendix: Structure of the World Tree • Prav 11 - truth, justice (pravda) 11 - right, just, law (pravo) 11 - right, true, proper (pravilno) 11 - the upperworld 11 - realm of the elemental spirits aka Irij [Rus] 6 - the heavenly abode of the gods 6 • Yav 11 - visible (yave) 11 - to appear, to show up (yavlyati) 11 - the world 11 - realm of the living • Nav 6,11 - the dead (navi) 6,11 - the underworld 4,6,11 - Ray 11 - a paradise in Nav 11 - Veles 11 aka Raj 4 - a paradise over the eastern ocean 4 aka Rai >RYE< 22 aka Naw 4 aka Nawia [Pol] 16 - realm of the dead 16 aka Vrij 6 aka Vyrei >VI-ray< 22 =========================================================== Appendix: Ritual Terms • be[h]lu[b] [OCS] 27 - adj: white 27 • blago [OCS] 27 - adj: (the) good 27 - wealth 27 aka blagu[b] [OCS] 27 - adj: good / gracious 27 - adj: blessed 27 see dobru[b] below • c[h]i[b]sti[b] [OCS] 26 - feast 26 see godu[b] • c[h]r'nu[b] [OCS] 27 - adj: black 27 • di[b]ni[b] [OCS] 26 - day 26, 27 aka d'n' [OCS] 27 • dobru[b] [OCS] 26,27 - good 26,27 - beautiful 27 aka dobre[h] [OCS] 26 - good 26 - well 26 see blago above • godu[b] [OCS] 27 - suitable time 27 - holiday -- feast 27 aka god'nu[b] [OCS] 27 - adj: suitable, timely 27 - adj: worthy 27 see c[h]i[b]sti[b] above • ilu[b] [OCS] 27 - silt 27 - clay 27 • jara [RuCS] 27 - spring 27 aka je[h]ro / je[h]ra / je[h]ru[b] [PS] 27 see vesna below • jesen' [OCS] 27 - autumn 27 • je[o]zyku[b] [OCS] 26,27 - tongue 26,27 - language 26,27 - people 26 • le[h]to [OCS] 26,27 - year 26,27 - summer 26,27 • me[h]se[o]ci[b] [OCS] 26 - moon 26,27 - month 26,27 aka me[h]se[o]c' [OCS] 27 • miru[b] [OCS] 27 - peace 27 - world 27 • modla [PS] 27 - statue 27 - temple 27 • nos[h]ti[b] [OCS] 26 - night 26,27 aka nos[h]t' 27 • ognj' [OCS] 27 - fire 27 • sila [OCS] 26 - power 26 - virtue 26 • slava [OCS] 26 - glory 26 • soli[a] [OCS] 26 - salt 26 ala sol' [OCS] 27 • su[b]boru[b] [OCS] 26 - counsel 26 - meeting 26 • sves[h]ta [OCS] 27 - candle 27 - light 27 • sve[o]tu[b] [OCS] 26 - holy 26 - blessed 26 - light 26 aka sve[h]tu[b] [OCS] 27 - light / world 27 • vesna [OCS] 27 - spring 27 see jara above • voda [OCS] 26,27 - water 26,27 • vosku[b] [OCS] 27 - wax 27 • vranu[b] [OCS] 27 - raven 27 • Water of Death 1,2,18 - heals all wounds 1,2,18 - su[b]mri[b]ti[b] voda / su[b]mru[b]ti[b] voda [OCS] 26 - death 26 • Water of Life 1,2,18 - restores life 1,2,18 - z[h]iti[b]je voda [OCS] 26 - life 26,27 aka z[h]ivotu[b] voda [OCS] 27 • xle[h]bu[b] [OCS] 26 - bread 26 - loaf of bread 26 • xudu[b] [OCS] 27 - small / scanty -- bad / evil 27 see zu[b]lu[b] below • zeml[a]ja [OCS] 26 - earth 26,27 - land 26,27 aka zemlja [OCS] 27 • zima [OCS] 27 - winter 27 • znameni[b]je [OCS] 26 - sign 26 • zu[b]lu[b] [OCS] 26 - evil 26 - bad 26 see xudu[b] above • zve[h]zda [OCS] 26 - star 26,27 aka dzve[h]zda [OCS] 27 =========================================================== Appendix: Sacred Law • Chur [Rus] 4 - Taboo 4 - not necessarily prohibited 4 - laws that govern behavior 4 - deeds to be done 4 - things not to be done 4 - magic line or circle that unclean forces cannot cross 15 • Tloka 4 - the spirit of neighborly compassion 4 - putting aside disagreements to help your neighbor 4 aka Tl[s]oka 4 • Zaprety 4 - Taboo, prohibition 4 - fixed 4 - temporary (ritualistic metaphors) 4 =========================================================== • Pro[a]g (thresholds) 4 - place between home space & outside world & between worlds 4 - place under which one hid magical objects or written spells 4 - crossing threshold left foot first would cross into OtherWorld 4 =========================================================== Appendix: Terms for Magic Users • Carati [Svk] 4,6 - witch, sorceress, enchantress 4,6 - similar to Charodei / Charodeika 6 aka Carovnik [Rus] 4,6 aka Carani [Svk] 4,6 aka Czarownica [Pol] 4,6 aka Czarownik 4 • Charodei [Pol] 4,6 [Rus] 15 - Sorcerer, witch 4,6,15 aka Charodeika [Rus] 4,6 • Charodeika [Rus] 15 - witch 15 • Chernoknizhnik [Rus] 15 - sorcerer 15 • Czarodziej 4 - sorcerer 4 • Czarowdzieka 4 - sorceress 4 • Drude [Mor] 6 - witch 6 • Khranil'niki [Rus] 4 - a talisman maker 4 • Kolarz [Pru] [Lit] [Pol] 4 - wizard 4 • Koldun [Rus] 4,15 - magician, sorcerer, pagan priest 4 - sorcerer 15 - term appeared in the 17th century 4 • Koldun'ia [Rus] 15 - witch 15 • Kudesnik [Rus] 15 - pagan priest / sorcerer 15 • Murava [Wen] 6 - witch 6 aka Mora 6 aka Morana 6 aka Morena 6 • Neuri 4 - shape shifters 4 - wolves for one week a year 4 • Otgadchik [Rus] 4,15 - male 15 - fortuneteller / diviner 4,15 • Otgadchitsa [Rus] 4,15 - female 15 - fortuneteller / diviner 4,15 • Potvorniki [Rus] 4 - a potion maker 4 • Vedun [Rus] 15 - sorcerer 15 • Vedun'ia [Rus] 15 - witch 15 • Ved'ma [Rus] 15 - witch 15 - vedeti [OCS] (know, wise) 6 - ve[h]de[h]ti [OCS] (verb: know) 27 • Ved'miak [Rus] 15 - sorcerer 15 • Volshebnik [Rus] 15 - sorcerer 15 • Volshebnitsa [Rus] 15 - witch 15 • Volkhv [Rus] 4,7,15 - priest, sorceror 4,7 - early Russian pagan priest 15 • Volhvi 19 - equivalent of Celtic Druids 19 • Volkhvy [Rus] 4 - priest / sorcerers of the pagan faith 4 • Vorozhei [Rus] 4 - a magician of almost any kind 4 - mostly a fortuneteller 4 aka Vorozheia 15 • Wiedzma 4 - hag 4 - from the root meaning wisdom or knowledge 4 - witch 4 - wiedziec[a] [Pol] (verb: know) 27 - from the Russian meaning knower 4 • Wol[s]chwowie [Pol] - male - shamans, seers & healers 16 • Wol[s]chwynie [Pol] - female - shamans, seers & healers 16 • Zhretsy [Rus] 4 - a pagan priest 4 • Znaiushchie Liudi [Rus] 15 - (knowing people) 15 - a euphemism for sorcerers & witches 15 • Znakhari [Pol] [Rus] 4 - practitioners of folk magics 4 - healers, midwives, herbalists, wise women/cunning men 4 - znac[a] [Pol] (verb: know) 27 - znakharstwo [Rus] (to know) 4 - znati [OCS] (verb: know) 27 - Znakhar 4 - male 4,15 aka Znakhar' [Rus] 15 - magic healer, witch doctor 15 - Znakharka [Rus] 4,15 - female 4,15 - magic healer, witch doctor 15 - Znak [Pol] [Rus] 4 - charm, mark, talisman, amulet 4 =========================================================== Appendix: Social terms • pleme[o] [OCS] 7 - tribe 7 • rodu[b] [OCS] 7 - clan 7 • druz[h]ina [OCS] 27 - society -- friends 27 • zadruga [Srb] 4 - joint / extended family 7 - clan / community / tribe 4 • drugu[b] [OCS] 27 - friend / other 27 • c[h]eljad' [OCS] 27 - family 27 • se[h]mi[b]ja [OCS] 7 - nuclear family 7 • v's' [OCS] 27 - village 27 • vragu[b] [OCS] 27 - foe 27 • de[h]du[b] [OCS] 7,26,27 - grandfather 7,26,27 • baba [OCS] 7,27 - grandmother 7 - nurse -- grandmother, midwife, old woman 27 • mo[o]z[h]' [OCS] 27 - man -- husband 27 • oti[b]ci[b] [OCS] 7,26 - father 7,26 • stru[b]i [SrbCS] 27 - uncle on father's side 27 • z[h]ena [OCS] 27 - woman -- wife 27 • mati[b] [OCS] 7 aka mati [OCS] 26,27 - mother 7,26,27 • uj' [PS] 27 - uncle on mother's side 27 • bratru[b] / bratu[h] [OCS] 7 aka bratru[b] / bratu[b] [OCS] 26,27 - brother 7,26,27 • bratrija / bratija [OCS] 27 - brothers / brotherhood 27 • sestra [OCS] 7,26 aka sestra[g] [PS] 27 - sister 7,26,27 • synu[b] [OCS] 7,26,27 - son 7,26,27 • ze[o]t' [OCS] 27 - groom -- son-in-law 27 • du[b]s[h]ti [OCS] 7,26,27 du[b]s[h]ter 26 - daughter 7,26,27 • neve[h]sta [OCS] 27 - bride -- daughter-in-law 27 • netii [OCS] 27 - nephew 27 • nestera [RuCS] 27 - niece 27 • otroc[h]e[o] / mladi[b]ni[b]ci[b] 26 - child • vu[b]no,ku[b] [OCS] 7 - granchild 7 =========================================================== References: 1) Forests of the Vampire: Slavic Myth Authors: Charles Phillips, Michael Kerrigan Time-Life 'Myth and Mankind' series ISBN: 0-7054-3616-6 2) New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Slavonic Mythology LCCC: 68-57758 3) http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/SlavPan.html Slavic & Eurasian Pantheons Site Owner: Bruce R. 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