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Russian Fairy Tales

List of Russian Monsters and Fairies

Alkonost
Birds with the heads  of women.

Baba Yaga
A powerful  Russian witch  which may be a remnant of Russia's fairy faith as being related to the wind or the moon.

Bagiennik
A water monster which secreats hot oily liquid from its body.

Bannik
The spirit of the bathhouse, one of the most sacred spaces in pagan Russia.

Berehynia
Hearth mother type spirit.

Bies
Evil spirits associated with the devil

Bozalosc
The spirit of the elder tree which acts as a banshee like figure.

Domovoi
The god of the hearth and protector of a family, a brownie like fairy.

Drekavac
Vampires which are born frm the souls of unbaptized children.

Dvorovoi
Spirit of the barn yard.

Fext
Undead generals

German
Water spirits which bring rain

Jaud
Monsters which come from the souls of  still born children.

Kikimora
Wife of the Domovoi.

Poludnitsa
Dangerous spirit of midday which kills and torments farm workers.

Leshy
The forest king, he controls animals and throws wild parties which uproot trees.

Likho
The spirit of misfortune

Mara
Succubus or Incubus  figure which rapes sleeping figures and devours their souls

Morozko (frost)
The spirit of the frost and cold.

Nocnitsa
Wicked hag of the forest which smells of moss.

Ovinnik
Dangerous spirit of the grain house

Rarog
Monster which can take the form of a dwarf, whirlwind or hawk.

Rusalka
Spirits of the rivers and lakes which will tickle people to death.

Samodivas
Woodland Fairy

Sirin
Head and chest of a beautiful women but the body of a bird. It sings for those pure of heart, a song which kills those not so pure.

Steppes Spirit
Appears as a powerful knight

Strzyga
Vampire which comes from the soul of a person with two souls which can take the form of an owl.

Sudice
Fairy which weaves fate

Tugarin Zmeyevich
Dragon knight from the steps

Vampires
Undead, blood drinking monsters

Vodyany
The fairy king of water ways.

Zhar-ptitsa
The Fire Bird

Zmey
Russian Three-headed dragons.


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