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Unclean Force
Unclean force (; , 'undead') is a collective name in Slavic paganism for mythological forces and creatures including evil spirits, chorts, demons, werewolves and the undead — Domovoy, Polevik, Vodyanoy, Leshy, rusalka, kikimora and other.''Нечистая сила'' / Svetlana Tolstaya // / editorial board: Svetlana Tolstaya (executive editor), , , Lyudmila Vinogradova, Vladimir Petrukhin; Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. — 2nd edition. — Moscow: International Relations, 2002. — p. 319–321. — ''Нечистая сила, нечисть'' / // / editor-in-chief Yeleazar Meletinsky — Moscow: ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'', 1990. — p. 388–389. — Common to all of them is belonging to the "unclean", "negative", "out of this world", the otherworldly world and their malevolence towards people. Shepherds, millers, blacksmiths, witches and sorcerers were suspected of having ties with evil forces. Origin In Christianity, unclean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leshy (1906)
Leshy or Leshi, ; literally, '[he] from the forest'. is a tutelary deity of the forest in pagan Slavic mythology. As Leshy rules over the forest and hunting, he may be related to the Slavic god Porewit. Leshy often appears as a masculine humanoid, and possesses an ability to disguise himself as any person, including changing in size and stature. In some accounts, Leshy is described as having a wife (''Leshachikha'', ''Leszachka'', ''Lesovikha,'' and sometimes the ''Kikimora'' of the swamp) and children (''leshonki'', ''leszonky''). Leshy is known to misguide wanderers and abduct young ones, traits he shares with the notorious Chort, the "Black One" or "Devil," thus leading some to perceive him as a malevolent entity. Leshy's attitude towards humans can vary, depending on how they interact with the forest and their overall behavior. Leshy is said to possess the power to whisk away children who were mistreated by their kin, especially their parents, to the ethereal realm of for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
