No, no, yes, and there are reports in the press about the next tricks of unknown forces. Meanwhile, all of them have long been known in the Slavic world. Generally called evil spirits, all varieties have individual names. Some even claim to have seen this or that mystical creature with their own eyes.
The most famous, of course, is the devil. He is a shaggy woman, unwashed, unclean, etc. We often remember him to the point and not to the point. The devil, as you know, hatches from a cock egg that dashing people carry under their left armpits. Either from the lost souls of unbaptized children, suicides or abducted by evil spirits.
In contrast to the devil, mermaids, or swimmers, waterworms and rags are usually female. They live more often in water. Young and pretty, with her hair down. However, among the northern Slavs, mermaids do not shine with beauty and youth. And their hair is not soft and wavy, but shaggy and ugly.
The holiday of Trinity is followed by a mermaid week, in which mermaids have fun in full: they go out on the ground, run through the fields, swing on tree branches, tickle random passers-by and strive to drag them into the water. In this week, in no case should you go to water bodies and even more so swim. And in general for the outskirts - not a step. Well, if you really had to, you should definitely stock up on wormwood, as passionate hooligans do not respect it.
Unlike mermaids and devils, the evil spirits, which will be discussed below, are less known lately. Surely, many people know the saying: "Dirty like anchutka." It turns out that anchutka is a small but mischievous imp. Its distinctive feature - constant griminess - is reflected in the above proverb. Other features are small stature and ability to fly.
There is a bathhouse in the bathhouse, under a shelf or behind a heater. He usually hides under an invisible hat. However, sometimes, probably, he forgets to put it on, otherwise where would the witnesses come from, claiming that the bannik looks like an old man covered with leaves from a birch broom.
The creature, in principle, is not spiteful, but “there is a hole in the old woman, too,” an angry bannik sprinkles boiling water, lets out a frenzy, and maybe even launch it with a hot stone. To calm down, he must be appeased by leaving water, a broom and soap after washing in the bath. And if the bathing pleasures are still ahead, going into the steam room, it is worth scaring the old man, demanding: "Baptized on the shelf, unbaptized from the shelf."
Seeing three shadows that appeared from nowhere, be careful - goddesses are next to you. Once upon a time they were ordinary women, but they committed terrible atrocities: they killed their own children or broke their oaths. Then they turned into evil and terrible spirits.
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A person who annoyed the goddesses cannot be envied. Vengeful ladies do not give rest, they can drive into the river and drown or strangle. And at night to feast on the blood of the unfortunate is the first thing.
The ancient name wolkodlak with the light hand of A. S. Pushkin was transformed into a ghoul. Especially dangerous for newlyweds. If the wedding cortege suddenly has to go through the forest, the wolf lak can suddenly cross the road. And then all without exception, even drunken guests, will turn into wolves.
Using magical power for ghouls is a habit. Even in earthly life, they worked as sorcerers, and having concluded an indefinite contract with the devil, they got the opportunity to practice their favorite craft even after it ended.
Unhappy creature double-minded. During the day - a person as a person. And at night the restless wandering wherever he gets. It's a pity for him, the poor have no time to rest. However, the body of the twin sleeps like a dead sleep during night walks.
Woe to the one who tried to hold the restless soul. A hurricane will immediately rise, from which there is no escape. Like vampires, very similar twins are afraid of garlic and the mistletoe cross. It is only unclear where in Russia to get this material?
Medieval books claim that a creature that looks like a unicorn - the indrik beast - lives underground. What he liked there so much - I don't know. But the beast can be useful: if there is always clean water in the well and there is plenty of it, it is possible that it was not without the help of the indrik.
A devil lives in the forest. He is the master of green spaces and animals, and even grazes wolves. If you meet a man in the forest in a jacket or jacket, wrapped on the left side, as well as with a left shoe on his right leg, be careful, most likely, this is the very person. We'll have to answer for both berries and mushrooms, not to mention hunting trophies.
Witches who did not have children become moths after death. Harmful and evil creatures. They especially annoy children, do not allow them to sleep, pinch and tug. If it is not possible to get into the house, they destroy the bird's nests and strangle the chicks.
One thing pleases - albeit vicious, but stupid creatures. If you do not leave the hanging diapers on the street after sunset, do not open the windows at night and do not swing an empty cradle, the night pranksters will never guess that there is a child in the house, and will not be able to harm anything.
Rain and hail, according to legend, are in charge of planetary specialists. Responsibilities are conscientious, therefore they live closer to the place of service - on the clouds and clouds. A rainbow is used to fill them with water. Celestial ice is also crumbled with the help of iron chains. The hail is its fragments.
To maintain good relations with the owners of the clouds in Slavic villages, from time to time they threw a handful of flour down the wind, and they never forgot to treat a random traveler with milk from a black cow or an egg from a black chicken.
Whether all of the above beings exist or not - who knows. There is still so much unknown on our planet. The ancestors believed and took them seriously. We read newspaper reports and smile skeptically …
Dmitry Kreminsky