RUSSIAN FOLKLORE (DOMESTIC SPIRITS)

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 Yesterday I was thinking about posting a myth, but then I decided to post about the creatures first, and after that I'll post stories 〷◠‿◠〷

DOMOVOI 

A spirit who help with domestic chores. Domovoi played tricks on people only when the owners were lazy or negligent, and lived in harmony with things from the church. It looks like an old peasant with a long gray beard; also appeared as a cat or a dog. Tricks: Stole neighbor’s oats; if unhappy, was known to mess up the yard, tangle needlework, spread manure on the door, or, in extreme cases of anger, suffocate the victim. 

DOMIKHA, DOMOVIKHA, DOMOVICHKA

The wife of the domovoi. 

KIKIMORA, SHISHIMORA

A female spirit that, in some regions, was believed to be the wife of the domovoi. 

DVOROVOI

A spirit that lived in the yard, had the same appearance as domovoi, but was evil-natured.

BANNIK

A dangerous spirit known both to protect peasants and to kill them by suffocating them or peeling their skin. 

BANNAIA, BANNIKHA

The wife of the bannik. 

OVINNIK

The most evil and dangerous of the domestic spirit, lived in the threshing barn. Also called gumennik and ryzhnyi khoziain. 

SOURCES

texts: http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/tales/spirits.html

images: domovoi: wikipedia

            kikimora and dvorovoi: http://beautiful-grotesque.posterous.com/a-taste-of-black-earth-ii

            bannik: http://tudosobrearussia.com.br/?attachment_id=580

            ovinnik: http://mythologica.fr/slave/domo.htm

That's it, I'm already reading to make the next post about Nature Spirits *U*

I hope you like it 

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