SUPERNATURAL BEINGS 3

 ZDUHACH

In the folklore of the southern Slavs, a person with supernatural power, which manifests itself only in a dream. During sleep, a spirit comes out of the zduhacha , which can control the elements (bring and drive away the storm) and fights with other zduhachs. Most often, an adult man becomes a zduhach, but sometimes an animal (cow, ram, goat, etc.) turns into him. Zduhach-animal guards only other animals, while man also protects fields and lands. Zduhachi fight among themselves in spring and autumn, fight with charred torches and spindles, sometimes use stones and twigs. After death, the zduhach becomes a werewolf .

greenfinches

In English folklore , fairies, who get their nickname from wearing green outfits, only have red hats. These tiny fairies live in the woods and in the fields, and spend their time feasting at tables of mushroom caps.

GREEN LADIES

In English folklore, tree fairies: most often they settle in oaks, elms, willows and yews, sometimes they also choose pines, yews, holly and apple trees. The temper of the green ladies is quite severe, they will never miss the opportunity to scare the latecomers  

travelers. In no case should you offend green ladies. It is believed that before breaking off a branch from the tree in which the green lady lives (and they will definitely say that she lives there if you yourself do not know this), you need to ask her permission. Some even plant primroses at the foot of such trees to enlist the favor of the green ladies.

The tale says that three trees grew on one hill, and in these trees lived green ladies who danced in the night of the full moon. Not far from the hill stood a house in which an old man lived with his three sons. When the old man died, the household was divided into three parts: the eldest son took the largest piece of land, the middle one put on a smaller one, and the youngest got a narrow strip at the foot of the hill. He carried out his father's order: every spring he laid wreaths of honeysuckle at the foot of the trees on the hill. so he had plenty of everything. The brothers were jealous

Finally, the elder decided to cut down the trees on the hill and thereby take away the luck from the smaller one. For his black work, he chose the day of the summer solstice. As soon as he lifted the ax, the tree screamed. But the older brother did not back down and continued to cut. And suddenly a tree fell right on his head. The middle brother took over the land of the elder and also set out to cut down the trees. Only a stump remained of the first: he cut down the second without interference, but the last of the trees hit him on the head with its branch and killed him on the spot. After that, the allotments of both brothers passed to the younger, who still wore honeysuckle wreaths on the hill, and his affairs went better and better.

ZELIGENS

In German folklore, female forest spirits. Zeligens take care of the forest, in which

live protect forest animals from hunters; they have underground barns. in which they milk chamois and fallow deer. They often help farmers harvest crops, graze and milk cows, sew and knit, reveal to their favorites the secrets of medicinal plants and save those who have lost their way in the forest.

If a person touches the hair of the zeligena, she will leave, the same will happen if someone wrestles in the presence of the zeligena or hits her in anger, if he calls her by her real name or gives her new clothes. Sometimes they leave because they hear a voice announcing the death of one of the family members.

The Zeligens dress in sparkling white dresses. They have long blond hair and bright blue eyes. They are as tall as a man but are beautiful with some kind of unearthly beauty. The Zeligens often go barefoot, love the chiming of bells and never refuse to dance.

The legend says that one zeligen was somehow captured by the Wild Hunter. She served his wife and kept looking for an opportunity to escape. Her only friend was a big black cat.

One day they left her alone and she decided.

Round dance of forest spirits

it's time to run away. For a long time, Zeligena made her way through the forest until she came to the edge of the forest and at the sight of a house on the outskirts of the village, where she asked for service. She was taken as a servant and a cat who followed her. given a place by the fire. Soon things in the house went smoothly and the owner became one of the richest people in the village.

It happened so. what

a farmer's friend, returning home from the city, heard a voice from the forest:

- Hey. you! Tell Hitta the Hatta to go home The hunter is dead 

ziz 

 

A friend dropped in on the farmer and told him the story. Hitte-Hatte - that was the name of the zeligen - exclaimed:

- I am so glad! Thank you. and all the best! Please take care of the cat. I left.

With these words, she disappeared and was never seen again.

ZIZ

In Jewish folklore, a huge bird. Outwardly similar to the Roc bird , ziz had a huge beak like that of an albatross; when he stood with his paws on the ground, his head reached the clouds. It was believed that the Lord created Ziz on the fifth day of creation, so that with his wings, when necessary, he would cover the earth. But the bird, by its very existence, threatened the earth, for every time it hatched a chick, fragments of the shell destroyed the cities and plagued the forests. Therefore, the Lord ordered the ziz to fly over the earth: in the evenings, it is the wings of the bird that cover the sun, and the rustle of the wind is actually its cry.

ZIF

In medieval bestiaries, a huge fish with webbed feet instead of lateral fins and a razor-sharp beak. She is

lives in the northern seas. Feeds on small 3 and F

fishes, but will not yield in strength and ferocity to a sea serpent.

Sinister

In the mythology of the Eastern Slavs, evil spirits are tiny creatures that live behind the stove. They bring misfortune to the house in which they settled. The appearance of evil spirits is practically

elusive: they are most often invisible, and when they appear, they take on the guise of old beggars or ugly old women. Man, in the house

whom the villains settled, until the end of his days he will vegetate in poverty - as, indeed.

and the villains themselves, who will also have a very bad time. To keep evil spirits out of the house.

you can’t take revenge with a broom from the threshold (and if you take revenge on the threshold, you can sweep the evil ones out into the street).

You can get rid of the villains - put them in a snuffbox and bury it, or plant them in a barrel and roll it out into an open field. If someone takes pity on the evil ones and digs them up, they

can be killed with a stake; after

pounce on their savior. Sinister

Yeruslan Lazarevich rides on the Serpent. Metallography, coloring. 1871

they must be thrown into the quagmire and must be plugged with a stake. If the stake is pulled out. the villains will come to life again.

A.M. Remizov wrote: “Have mercy. mother, look, there your son with a piece of bread and a stick left the house and walks on rolling stones - where his eyes look, and the evil spirits are companions of grief, wrapping around his neck. whisper in your ears: "We will not leave you behind!"

DRAGON

In the folklore of the Oriental

Slavs multi-headed serpent. It was believed that he was born from a snake that had not heard a human voice for seven years, or from a forty-year-old fish. He is all

covered with a shell, he has three, six, nine or twelve heads, flames blaze from his mouth. Serpent Gorynych - werewolf: hitting the ground.

he becomes a handsome guy, a horse or some object on the road. He imposes tribute on people, demanding children and girls to eat for himself.

A.N. Afanasiev remarks: “... a kite flies through the sky in the form of a fireball and scatters with sparks, like hot iron, when it is forged with a hammer; according to other testimonies, it rushes in a black club, and smoke and flames pour out of its open mouth ... ” In Russian  

epics say that the Snake-ІЪrynych twice defeated the hero Dobrynya.

SIREN SNAKE

In medieval bestiaries, a strange creature that lives in Arabia is half snake, half siren. The poison of the siren snake is so strong that a person dies before he has time to feel the pain. If the snake noticed a person, he is doomed, since it is impossible to escape from the siren snake.

ZMIULAN

In the mythology and folklore of the Eastern Slavs , a werewolf, half-man, half-serpent, who, apparently, is a relative of the Serpent Iorynych. There is a famous tale according to which King Fire and Queen Lightning burn the herds of King Zmiulan, and Zmiulan himself hides from them in the hollow of a tree.

ZOMBIE

In the Haitian voodoo cult, people are deprived of their souls with the help of witchcraft and thereby turned into weak-willed: slaves. Such people are said to have been "devoured". In other words, zombies are the living dead. Zombies implicitly obey those. who “devoured” them, carry out any assignments, commit serious crimes without a shadow of embarrassment.

Now the term "zombie" has become

A snake with a woman's head. China

very popular in connection with the spread of rumors about psychotronic weapons, allegedly capable of turning any person into a zombie. 

igigi

igigi

In Akkadian mythology, heavenly deities. The Igigi are partly opposed to the Anunnaki - the gods of the underworld and earth. The seven great Igigi (who may also be called Anunnaki) are known: Anu. Enlil, Eya. Sin, Shamash, Ishtar and Marduk.

IGOSHA

In Russian folklore, a domestic spirit. V.I.- Dal describes him as follows: “... a freak, without arms or legs, was born and died unbaptized: he ... lives here and there and plays pranks like kikimors and brownies, especially if someone does not want to recognize him ... does not put spoons and slices at the table for him, does not throw hats or mittens out of the window for him ... "

IDAM

In Buddhist mythology , a guardian deity . Idam can be almost any of the gods of the pantheon. Contemplation of yidam contributes to the attainment of enlightenment. Yidams are divided into peaceful, half-day and angry, as well as male and female.

IMINA-BI

See SEBETTA.

Eya is the patron god of water. Seal of Gudea, Lagash. End of III millennium BC e.

IMUGI

In Korean mythology, a huge sea serpent. After lying in the water for many years, he can become a yenvan, and if he receives a precious pearl, he will ascend to heaven. Imoogi brings happiness to people.

INDIGETS

In Roman mythology , deities are the guardians of individual cities. Also the gods who are invoked and addressed with prayers. Virgil in "Dahlias" refers to them thus:

"Gods of the native land! Indigites, Romulus, mother Vesta!

*(Translated by S. Shervinsky)

In addition, heroes who were revered in a particular locality were considered indigets . For example, Tit Livius reports that Aeneas is named 

INDRICK BEAST

Vali Jupiter Indiget (or Ancestor).

INDRICK BEAST

In Russian folklore, a wonderful beast, the lord of animals. As the Deep Book says:

“We have an indrik-beast mother to all animals. Why is an indrik-beast mother to all animals? That that beast lives from the holy mountain, He drinks and eats from the holy mountain.

And he walks like a beast in the heavens.

When the indrik-beast will play out.

The whole universe is shaking:

Therefore, the indrik is a beast to the beasts of the mother.

The indrik (this is a distorted name for a unicorn) has two horns, he reigns over the waters and is at enmity with snakes and crocodiles.

The same “Pigeon Book” (text published by A.V. Oksenov) calls the indrik: not a mother, but a father:

“We have an indrik-beast, the father of all animals.

Why is the indrik the beast the father of all beasts?

Unicorn

He walks through the dungeon.

Cleans streams and streams

Where the beast will go - Tuta's key boils.

Where will the beast turn? - All animals worship the beast.

He lives in the holy mountain. Drinks and eats in the holy mountain;

Wherever he wants, he goes through the dungeon. Like the sun in the sky, - That's why we have an indrik-beast, the father of all animals.

According to legend. Indrik the beast saved people from drought:

“We have Indrik the beast, the father of all animals: 

FROST GIANTS

There was a drought in this world.

There were no good people educated.

Pupil. washing:

He dug the mother earth with his horn. I dug out the keys, all deep, I took out all the boiling water;

He let go along fast rivers And along small streams.

Deep, large lakes; He gave people an educator, an educator. washing woman."

FROST GIANTS

The giant attacks the ship

In Scandinavian mythology, the ancient giants, the first inhabitants of the world, the forerunners of not only people, but also the gods. From the frost giant Ymir, the world arose:

“Earths are made from the meat of Ymir, mountains are made from bones, the sky is made from the skull of an icy jotun, the sea is made from blood” *

*(Elder Edda "Speech of Vaftrudnir" Translation

V. Tikhomirova)

The first frost giant was born from the spray of the oceans:

"The Chill Spray of Eligavar

froze in the first jotun

from whom our

the seed has gone - that's why we are vicious.

*(Ibid. Translation by V. Tikhomirov)

And his children, son and daughter, were born from the armpits; but the feet of the first giant, with themselves, by friction, conceived a six-headed child.

Frost giants are endowed with great wisdom. Belthorn gives the god Odin magic runes: subsequently, Odin consults with the head of the giant Mimir and draws wisdom 

INCUBA

from a honey spring owned by a giant. Jotuns and trolls descend from the frost giants .

INCUBA

In medieval European mythology and demonology , male demons seek the love of mortal women, primarily nuns. A sleeping woman could suffer from an incubus, but she usually gave birth to a freak - half-man, half-beast.

Ludovic Sinistrati wrote: “There are many examples of women seduced by the incubus devil, who at first resisted the temptation, but soon bowed to his requests, tears and caresses: this is a crazy lover who had to give in. Sometimes this happened through some sorcerer, whom the devil used as an intermediary, but often, however, he acted on his own ... The devil connects not only with women, but also with mares: if they yield to his desire. he showers them with cares and caresses ... but if they resist, he beats them, rewards them with glanders, harms them in every possible way and finally kills them. as proven by life experience.

"Minotaur over a girl", P. Picasso

J. Sprenger and G. Institoris, the authors of The Hammer of the Witches, argued that “the reason for the transformation

demons into incubi ... does not lie in a sense of pleasure ... The reason lies in the fact that through the vice of voluptuousness they spoil both the human soul and the body, and thereby make them more susceptible to all vices.

ino

In Korean mythology, a water weaver. She has six or seven legs, fin arms and a long and thin tail, but the head and torso are human. She weaves tirelessly, and when someone catches her, she sheds tears, which, flowing from her eyes, turn into pearls. 

INUA

INUA

In the myths of the Eskimos , the guardian spirit of rocks, lakes, wind directions, as well as humans and animals. Usually appears in the guise of a tiny freak or in the form of an object or animal of which it is the guardian.

IRVOLSONSIN

In Korean mythology, the collective name of the heavenly deities. These deities - Khesun (god of the sun), Talsun (god of the moon) and Pel'sun (god of the stars) - save people from floods and drought.

Ifrit on the minaret

Ishigami

In Japanese mythology , stone deities . Round stones were considered the receptacle of the soul, and irregularly shaped stones, as well as stone spears and knives, were considered the incarnation of God.

IFRITS

In Muslim mythology, a special ro/ jinn According to the Koran, one of the efreet undertook to bring Suleiman the throne of the Queen of Sheba:

“Ifrit from the genies said: “I will come to you with him. before you get up: I am strong and faithful for this.

(Quran 27:39) In Arabic folklore ifrit is the spirit of a person who died a violent death. It is believed that from each drop of the blood of the slain, ifrit arises. These ifrits are taken to look for the killer, and if they find it, they do not give him rest. Ifrits look like ghosts, they have translucent bodies, but bloodshot eyes. And in some later sources it is stated that a pistol hangs on the belt of each ifrit. The only way to get rid of ifrits is to drive nails into the bloodstains, thus pinning the jinn to the ground. 

Miniature with animalistic ornament. Book KeIIv. Dublin. Trinity College. 8th century

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YEI 

 

Yeti

recognize by granite eyes: whoever steals at least one eye will gain the ability to predict 

YEI

In the myths of the Indians of North America (Navajo) , there are fourteen types of deities . Yei's appearance is both terrifying and beautiful at the same time. Yei include not only the highest deities and warrior gods, but also the spirits of animals, primarily bears and snakes, as well as the spirits of birds and plants.

YETI

One of the main legends of our time, a strange creature that supposedly lives in the Himalayas and Tibet. The appearance of the yeti most of all resembles a huge savage - he has a pointed head, his body is covered with thick hair, his arms hang down below his knees. Yeti females have breasts so large that they have to throw them behind their backs. Escaping from the yeti is very simple - you just need to run down the slope, because the yeti's spell is weaker below. Bigfoot lives in a forest belt, but sometimes goes down to the villages to look for food in human dwellings or hunt yaks.

The first meeting of a Western European with a yeti dates back to 1899, when an English major

L. Weddel discovered giant footprints in the snow in the mountains of Sikkim. True, the search for the creature itself has not been successful to this day.

YENA

In the mythology of various African peoples, an evil spirit. living in graves and eating fresh corpses. He tears the funeral shroud, rips off from the dead man

jewels and is taken to feast. The appearance of the yen is usually preceded by piercing screams. This was a werewolf, able to take on many guises: most often he turns into a woman with claws on her hands, with a horse's mane and ears pointed upwards. In any guise you can yen

tell the future. Only the barking of a dog can frighten away a yen: however, it costs nothing for a spirit to hypnotize any animal with the look of its stone eyes

YOVI

See WOUVI.

JORMUNGAND

In Scandinavian mythology , the sea serpent, born of the giantess from the ace Loki, is also called the Midgard serpent. that is

the middle world - the mortal world. In the "Younger Edda" it is said that Odin "threw that Serpent into the deep sea all the surrounding land, and the Serpent grew so much that lying in the middle of the sea, he girded the whole earth and bites his tail"

In the "Elder Edda" ("Divination of the Velva") it is said that in the last battle that the world will end (it is called Ragnarok), the god Thor will fight Jormungandr.

"Here came the glorious

the son of Chlodyun and Odin, Midgard's watchman to fight the serpent, he slew the reptile himself. perishing - human dwellings were all empty. - Thor retreats nine steps, the son of Fjergun and Odin, without shame ... "*

munganda

Thor and Hymir catch Yor-

* (Translated by Tikhomirov)

JOTUNS

In Scandinavian mythology , the giants warring with the gods - aces and vans once they stole miraculous treasures from the gods - rejuvenating apples and the hammer Mjollnir - From the body of the first jotun, Ymir, the world was created: as it is said in the Elder Edda: 

“Ymir's flesh became the earth, the bones became mountains, the skull of the cold turs became the sky, and his blood the sea” *.

*(Translated by V. Tikhomirov)

Jotun Skrymir next to the god Thor

In the blood of Ymir, killed by the gods, all his sons and grandsons were drowned, except for Bergelmir, from whom the current jotuns and trolls descend. Ymir and his sons were distinguished by great wisdom, it was from them that God Odin learned the secret of the runes. True, the jotuns are not like the ancient frost giants: the gods do not have to outwit them. Jotuns live in Jotunheim (also called Utgard), a rocky country on the northeastern edge of the world. The abode of the gods - Asgard - and the middle world, Midgard, where people live, is protected from iota new by the god Thor.

The Elder Edda tells that one day the Jotuns stole his hammer from Thor. God Loki, having visited Jotunheim. brought the news that the Jotun prince Thrym agreed to return the hammer - in exchange

to the goddess Freya. The gods decided that Loki and Thor, disguised as a woman, would go after the hammer. Soon the "bride" with the "servant" arrived to the Jotuns.

“By evening, the jotuns sat down, they drank beer, they treated the guests: a bull and eight

ate the salmon, and all the gifts that were for the women, and the husband of Siv drank three barrels of honey.

Hold said, jot n-lord: “Is it possible for the bride to eat so much? Which of the brides will eat so much and drink honey in one sitting!

And with the bride - the wise girlfriend, immediately said an iota, well, the word - “Freya did not eat for eight nights - that's how she wanted

get to Jotunheim!"

The Jotuns asked the "bride" for gifts to seal the union. Thor demanded a hammer in response.

“The hold said, jotun lord: “Bring the hammer!

Let's get engaged: let Mjolnir be the bride

put on his knees ... "*

*(Translated by V.Tikhomirov)

Thor wielding the hammer Mjolnir

Having received your hammer. Thor laid down Thrym with the first blow, and then got even with the other giants. 

KA

In Egyptian mythology, one of the elements of human nature. Ka personifies the life force of gods and kings: often both had several ka. Subsequently, they began to believe that every person has ka. It is born together with a person and does not leave him even after death. The ka of the deceased could leave the tomb and wander around the afterlife. Usually, the ka was depicted as a man with raised arms on his head, bent at the elbows.

CABILL-USHTI

In the folklore of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a water horse. The skin of the Cabil Ushti is piebald. This creature is very malevolent and gluttonous.

The story goes that a Kabil Ushti once stole a calf from a pasture on the river bank. The next day, the farmer saw a huge wave rise on the river, grab another calf and tear it to shreds. Fearing that he would soon not have a single cow left, not to mention calves, he began to graze cattle away from the river. A few days later, their only daughter disappeared. They searched for her for a long time, but all was in vain. And the Kabil-ushti suddenly calmed down and did not bother the farmer anymore.

Coat of arms with water horses-shield holders

KABIRA

In Greek mythology , demons are the children of the god Hephaestus and nymphs. From their father they inherited divine wisdom. The Kabirs were present at the birth of Zeus, and subsequently entered the retinue of the Great Mother.

According to Strabo, "... the rites of the Kabirs had a mystical character." and "the Kabirs ... got their name from Mount Kabira in Berekentia."

CABOTERES

See KILMULLIS.

KIMINSHOW

In ancient Chinese mythology, a monstrous beast with nine heads. He is taller

four meters, the body resembles a tiger, and all nine of his faces are human. He guards the nine gates on the sacred mountain Kunlun, on which he stands, turn to the east.

According to Yuan Ke, the kaiminshou is guarded not by nine gates, but by the palace - "the abode of all spirits."

Gra Kunlun was famous for the fact that, in addition to kaiminshou, other outlandish creatures were found on it and wonderful things happened. “... a powerful flame emitted a bright brilliance, illuminating the unusually majestic and beautiful palace of Huangdi, which stood on the top of the mountains. In this huge flame lived a mouse, larger than a bull, and weighing a thousand jin, its hairs, reaching a length of two chi, were thin, like silk threads. This mouse, which lived in the midst of the fire, was red, but as soon as it came out of the flame, it became white as snow. Coming out of the fire, the mouse doused itself with water and died, and then its wool was sheared, thread was spun and fabric was woven, and then clothes were sewn from it. These clothes should never have been washed, and if they

Beast kaiminshou without one

dirty, you just had to throw it into the fire, and it became clean again ... "

KITE SHI

In Scottish folklore, a huge black cat is as tall as a sheepdog; he has a white spot on his chest, his back is arched, and his mustache is erect. Many believe that kite shi are not fairies at all, but witches who have changed their guise . The largest of the kait shi appears during the tagirm (ia^baiksh): this is an ominous spell that consists in the fact that for four

heads

fry cats alive for days until the main cat, nicknamed Big Ears, appears and fulfills the desire of the tormentor. It is believed that kite shi is better not to tease, and even more so not to get angry, otherwise you will not avoid trouble.

Tageirm is beautifully described in G. Meyrink's novel “The Angel of the West Window”: “... I had a cart with fifty black cats with me ... I made a fire and said ritual 

KAKAMORA

Soul bird. Egypt

curses addressed to the full moon... He snatched the first cat out of the cage, put it on a spit and proceeded to the tageirm. Slowly turning the spit, I cooked an infernal roast, and a terrible cat's screech tore at my eardrums for half an hour, but it seemed to me that many months had passed, time turned into unbearable torture for me. But this horror had to be repeated forty-nine more times! .. Anticipating their fate, the cats sitting in the cage also howled, and their cries merged into such a nightmarish chorus. that I felt how the demons of madness, sleeping in a secluded corner of the brain of every person, have awakened and are now tearing my soul to shreds ... the meaning of the tageirm is that. to expel these demons, because they are the hidden roots of fear and pain - and there are fifty of them!.. The tageirm lasted two nights and one day. I stopped, forgot how to feel the passage of time around,

KAKAMORA

In the myths of the Polynesians, creatures of tiny stature, with long claws on their fingers. The body of the kakamore is multi-colored, the hair reaches to the knees. Kakamora are remarkable for their remarkable strength; they feed on fruits and small animals, sometimes they attack people. They usually live in caves and hollows of trees, they speak their own language, incomprehensible to people. They love to dance in the moonlight and juggle with burning branches.

KAL ADRIUS

In medieval bestiaries, a wonderful bird with outlandish green eyes, which had the ability to predict the future. As a rule, the caladry foreshadowed the birth and death of kings. The bird flew in and landed at the foot of the patient's bed; her gaze pulled out the ailment and the person returned to life. If the caladrium turned away, the patient soon died.

KALAKHANJI

In ancient Indian mythology, the genus of asuras. They lived in the magical flying city of Hiranyapura. They were crushed by the hero Arjuna -  

at the request of the god Indra, to whom Arjuna owed his ability to wield divine weapons.

In the Atharvaveda there is a conspiracy addressed to the heavenly dog ​​and the three Kalakhandjas. It sounds like this:

“He flies through the air.

Looking down on all beings.

The greatness that the heavenly dog ​​has -

With it, we want to honor you with a sacrificial libation.

three kalakhanjas that

Placed in the sky like gods. - I call on them all to help For the safety of this man. *

*(Translated by T. Elizarenkova)

Kallikantsar and Kutsodaimon

KALLICANTSARY

In Greek folklore , demons appear in the human world at Christmas. They ride lame, blind, and crippled chickens, or horses and donkeys the size of dogs. They themselves are also often blind, they are usually accompanied by a vile lame -legged stubby daimon: he has a huge head, his tongue sticks out of his mouth, and a hump on his chest. Kutsodaimon hobbles at the end of the procession, cursing his companions in every way, with the first cry of a rooster, the Kallikans disappear, but the cutodaimon waits for the third cry, clinging to the last opportunity to do some dirty trick.

To protect themselves from the Kallikantsars, the peasants go from house to house with burning torches, and also securely close all water containers. After all, if they are left open - and if there is neither asparagus nor hyssop in the house - the Kallikantsar will surely urinate into the water or into the hearth.

Kutsodaimon is more dangerous than all Kallikantsars - he rapes girls and pierces them with horns 

19th century mask Sri Lanka

bellies of pregnant women. In order to keep him out of the house, a sieve with a broomstick is placed at the threshold, pork bones are hung in the chimney and incensed at night with incense. The most reliable one. but an overly "smelly" way is to burn old shoes in the fireplace. No Kallikanzar can bear such a stink.

The appearance of the Kallikans is as follows: they are as tall as a child, they themselves are skinny and bony and always go naked, but they wear red caps on their heads. Some have horse or donkey hooves instead of legs.

It is believed that the Kallikantsars are distant relatives of the centaurs .

The tale says that the kuodaimon blinded the daughters of a certain king. Moreover, he contrived to commit his dirty trick at the last minute before disappearing: he took it and poked the poor thing with a knife, first in one eye, and then in the other.

Returning to the cave, where the Kallikans were waiting for him, he began to boast to them: they say, that's what I am! The princess will never see unless she rubs soot and cobwebs from our chimney into her eyes.

Luckily, the young traveler heard the kuirdaimon's boast, and by chance he lay down to rest in the cave from the road, not suspecting that this was the lair of the Kallikantsars. When the Kallikans left at night, the young man crept up to the hearth, collected soot and cobwebs, and hurried to the capital. In the end, he managed to get an audience with the princess, and a few days later she again saw the light of day. The king was so delighted that he rewarded the young man with a whole cart of gold.

KALO

In the myths of the Polynesians (Fiji), the common name for spirits can be identified as kalou-wu - or ancestral spirits: kalou-rere - forest spirits, etc. The latter are afraid of the light, try not to catch the eye of people, but if they encroach on a tree located under the protection of calou-rere. they are unhappy. It was also believed that kalou-rere kept chastity and feared marriage.

KAMADOGAMI

In Japanese mythology , deities of the hearth. Kamadogami are the descendants of Oo-toshi-no. God of the Great Harvest (or God of the Great Yod). 

They monitor the order and well-being of the family, especially the young.

CAMELOPARD

In medieval bestiaries and heraldry, a wonderful beast, a cross between a leopard (or panther) and a camel. It has the head of a camel with two horns curved back and the body of a leopard. Camelopard was famous for his extraordinary strength and ferocity.

In heraldry, the camelopard symbolized courage and zeal.

STONE!

In Roman mythology , the nymphs of a stream in a grove near the Calena Gate in Rome. Vestals drew water from the stone stream for the needs of the temple of Vesta. Over time, Kamen began to be identified with the Greek muses, since their name resembles the verb "sapege" - "sing". Virgil in Bucolics says:

“You will sing in the queue - Kamen like competitions>. *

*(Translated by S. Shervinsky)

CAMPA

In Greek mythology , the nymph Tartarus. She has a female body and fifty snakes for a head. True, Ovid in Fasti claims that the appearance of the camp is different:

“A terrible-looking monster was born by the Earth -

The front was a bull, the back was a snake.

In the black forests, his Styx concluded according to the covenant of three Parks

And he fenced him there firmly with a triple wall.

*(Translated by F. Petrovsky)

In Tartarus, the Campa guarded the Cyclopes. According to Apollodorus. after Zeus fought the titans for ten years, “Gaia predicted victory for Zeus if he would attract as allies those who had been thrown into Tartarus. Then Zeus, having killed Kampa who guarded them, freed them (the Cyclopes - K.K.) from the shackles.

Coats of arms in which wonderful animals appear

According to another version of the myth set out by Ovid. victory was predicted to those who manage to burn the bullish body of the kampa: 

KANCHORI

“According to the prediction. who is able to burn out the inside of a bull.

I could then defeat the eternal gods.

Destroys the bull Briareus with an ax from adamant

And just about he is inside the flame, will overthrow him, -

Not! Jupiter tells him to snatch it to the birds. and kite

I tore it out, and for that it shines like a star in the sky.

*(Translated by F Petrovsky)

KANCHORI

In Korean mythology, an evil dragon whose appearance portends a terrible drought.

Kappa

KAPPA

In Japanese mythology , mermen living in rivers and lakes In Akutagawa's story "In the country of mermen" the appearance of kappa is described in great detail. "The Existence of Animals. called kappas, is still being questioned. What are these animals? Indeed, the kappa's head is covered with short hair, fingers and toes are connected by swimming membranes. Kappa's height is on average one meter.

Weight .. fluctuates between twenty and thirty

pounds. It is said, however, that occasionally there are kappas weighing up to fifty pounds. Further, on the top of the kappa there is a recess in the form of an oval saucer. With age, the bottom of this saucer becomes more and more hard ... but perhaps the most striking feature of the kappa is the color of its skin. The fact is that the kappa does not have a specific skin color. It changes depending on the environment, for example, when the animal is in the grass, its skin becomes the color of the grass of emerald green, and when it is on the rock, the skin becomes the gray color of the stone. 

Kappas are vicious creatures that harm people in every possible way. They never miss an opportunity to lure a person into the water and drown them. The one who fell into their clutches, kappa gutted alive. On land, kappa can live for a few minutes at most. All their strength lies in the water that is in their head. In the same hole. Therefore, when meeting with a kappa, you should bow to him. He is very polite and will definitely answer the bow. The water from the recess will certainly pour out, and the kappa will lose its strength. Another kappa can be killed with a tobacco pipe, which should be hit on the back of the head.

KARAKONDJALS

Karkadann

In the mythology of the southern Slavs, water demons. They emerge from the water after Christmas and disappear after Epiphany. With the onset of midnight, the Karakondzhals attack people - they ride them until the first cry of a rooster or donkey, drive around villages and along river banks. Karakondzhals - werewolves capable of taking the form of animals and people; most often they look like horses with a human head and two arms or wings. They can also appear as red or black demons or horned, shaggy and tailed people. You can drive away the Karakondzhals with fire, iron, bread or salt.

CARACONJO

See KARAKONDJALS.

KARACHUN

See Korochun.

CAR CADA NN

In medieval bestiaries and Arabic folklore, a ferocious beast that lives in Persia and India. It looks like a wolf, only it has two horns: one, long, in the middle of the forehead, and the other, curved, on the nose. Karkadann is so strong that he easily defeats an elephant. The horn of the carcadan was considered a very valuable booty, for, like a unicorn, it darkened with poison. Despite the ferocity of temper, the beast immediately calms down, barely hearing the chirping of the vityutnya. That's why karkadann hunters always carried a pair of wielders with them. 

In the Thousand and One Nights, Scheherazade, talking about the third journey of Sinbad, describes karkadann as follows: “And on this island there is one breed of animals called al-Karkadann; they graze on it, as cows and buffaloes graze in our country, but the bodies of these animals are larger than the body of a camel, and they eat grass. These are big beasts and they have one thick horn

Dwarfs are skilled blacksmiths

in the middle of the head, ten cubits long, and on it is the image of a man... this beast called al Karkadann. carries a large elephant on his horn and grazes with him on the island. and his fat flows from the heat of the sun on the head of al-Karkadann and gets into his eyes, and al-Karkadann becomes blind, and he lies down on the shore, and the ruhh bird flies to him and carries him away in his claws and flies away with him to his children and feeds them by these beasts and by what is on his horn.”

dwarfs

In the folklore of the peoples of Western Europe, tiny gray-bearded creatures. Dwarfs are distinguished by their powerful physique and remarkable physical strength: they reach maturity at three years of age, and by the age of seven they grow gray beards. They mine gems

and ore, forge weapons.

armor and jewelry, often endowing their products with magical properties. Dwarfs cannot stand sunlight, because it turns them into stones; and therefore they come to the surface only at nightfall. Some say, however, that dwarfs can be found during the day - they say, they just turn into toads. 

A distinctive feature in the appearance of dwarfs is the feet, either similar to bird's paws (goose or crow) or turned back to front. Therefore, they wear cloaks to the toes. It is believed that you can find out if a dwarf is in front of you if you pour ashes or flour on the road, and then carefully examine the tracks.

Dwarfs treat people quite kindly, but they are greedy for mortal women: I can only sympathize with the one whom they, as they say, have their eyes on - these creatures are very persistent (to be more precise, they are stubborn like donkeys) and are used to getting their way.

Recently, in everyday life, dwarfs are often identified with gnomes.

The tale says that a dwarf named Katto fell in love with Ulva, a dwarf girl. But Knurremurre, the storm of all young dwarfs, had his sights on that one. Knowing that as long as Knurremurre is alive, you can forget about Ulva. Catto left his native hill and went wherever his eyes look. But he did not go far - he settled under the guise of a fat cat with a man whose house was located near the hill. One evening, this man told his wife that he heard someone's voice on the way home. They said that the one who spoke was not visible, but he uttered the following words:

- Hey. you! Tell Catto. that Knurremurre is dead."

The cat, who did not miss a single word, jumped with delight and knocked a saucer of cream off the table.

- Knurremurre is dead! he exclaimed. - So I can go back!

With these words, Catto jumped out of the open window and rushed to his hill, his tail up in his pipe.

CARSHIPTAR

In Iranian mythology, a winged creature, the ruler of the waters. The Avesta says:

“O Creator of the carnal world, true! Who there carried the Mazdayasian Faith in this Vara, which was built by Yima?

Ahura Mazda said:

"Bird of Karshipta, O Spitama Zaratushtra."*

Fantastic humanoid creatures

★ (Translated by I. Steblin-Kamensky) 

KASIN 

  

 

Munsin - the keeper of the gates in a Buddhist shrine from the monastery of Hvannensa of the 7th century. Gyeongju (South Korea) 

In the earthly world, Karshiptar is the king of birds, who expounds the "Avesta" in the language of birds, but also speaks human speech. Together with other rulers of the animal world, Karshiptar taught Zarathushtra.

KASIN

In Korean mythology, household spirits.

among which are the “owner of a home fortress” (songju), the patron of a land plot (tkhoju), the keeper of the kitchen and food (chovan).

patrons of livestock (mabushin), gates

(munsin) outhouse

(chhyksin) and others To pacify the kasins, various sacrifices were made - for thoju. for example, a pitcher of grain was placed.

CASMENA

See STONE!.

KATOPHLEB

In Greek mythology, a huge animal that lived in Ethiopia. The name katofleb in translation means "one who looks down" and is explained by that. that the beast has a very heavy head, he is unable to keep it straight, and therefore his head lies on the ground all the time. Catophleb, like a basilisk, is capable of killing with a glance or breath, because it feeds on poisonous herbs, the aroma of which alone can be fatal to a person. When catophleb is especially hungry, it begins to devour its own paws.

KATHEXIN

See Kasin.

KAUKAS

In Lithuanian mythology, the house spirit brings prosperity to the house. Kaunas helps men; he lives under an oven or underground. They make sacrifices to him, put milk, beer and other drinks for the night. If a person

needs prosperity and if he has a certain amount, he can simply buy kaukas. and things will go smoothly for him.

KACHINA

Quisin. Bas-relief on tiles. Baekje state. 7th century Seoul, National Museum

In the myths of the Indians of North America (Pueblo) , ancestral spirits associated with fertility. It is believed that children who escaped from the hands of their mothers while crossing the river turned into kachina. Kachina patronize not only people but also everything else - plants, animals, heavenly bodies, various objects. Each spirit has its own coloring and special attributes - one, for example, a bow and arrows, the other a spruce branch and a bell. They appear over the fields twice a year in response to prayers and sacrifices.

quisin

In Korean mythology and folklore, demons and spirits It was believed that any person after death becomes a quisin. They settle in abandoned buildings, in ruins, as well as in caves and ponds.

Quixin are divided into elemental spirits (chaensin). animals (tonmulsin), people [incheesin]. domestic (kasin), evil (charsin), etc. They are revered as well as feared.

KELPI

In Scottish folklore, the most famous of the water horses. Unlike other horses, the kelpie settles in rivers, avoiding lakes and seas. This is a werewolf capable of turning into animals and into a person (as a rule, a kelpie is thrown into a young man with disheveled hair). He has a habit of confusing travelers - he either jumps out from behind or suddenly jumps on his shoulders Before a storm

many hear the kelpie howl. Much more often than a human, a kelpie takes on the appearance of a kelpie 

Winged centaur. Seal from Kassite, 2000 BC

Centaur lion. Assyrian seal 2000 BC

horses: it happens that he looks like a cross between a horse and a bull (then two long horns grow on his forehead). With all his appearance, the kelpie, as it were, invites the passer-by to sit on himself, and when he succumbs to the trick, he jumps into the river with the rider. A person instantly gets wet to the skin, and the kelpie disappears, and his disappearance is accompanied by a roar and a blinding flash. But sometimes, when the kelpie is angry with something, he tears his victim into pieces and devours.

Kelpie tracks are easy to recognize because they put their hooves backwards. Kelpie is able to stretch in length as much as you like, a person simply sticks to his body. With the help of a magical bridle, a kelpie can be tamed for a while, but when the spell ends, it will become even more dangerous.

Another kelpie can appear in the guise of a handsome prince and seduce girls. You can recognize him by his hair - wet and teeming with shells or algae.

Tradition says that a certain man managed to throw a magic bridle on a kelpie. Kelpie began to serve him - he carried stones for the construction of a new castle. When the castle was completed, the man took off the bridle from the kelpie, and he rushed to the river, and on the shore he stopped and said:

“You will know neither joy nor happiness.

While I am alive".

And the curse was fulfilled: neither this man nor his descendants knew

A. Durer. Battle of centaurs with lapiths

happiness and peace.

CENTAURS

In Greek mythology, half-humans, half-horses, living in the mountains and forest thickets. Centaurs are wild creatures, distinguished by their violent temper and intemperance. Pindar, in the Pythian Hymns, recounts the myth of the birth of the centaurs:

"And in the vastness of the great bedchamber 

The battle of the centaurs with the lapiths. Parthenon. Acropolis, Athens, 5th c. BC. British Museum, London

Centaurs. Bas-relief from Mathura. Around the 2nd century AD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Centaur. Drawing of Aldrovandus

2. Centaur. Drawing from a Greek vase. 5th century BC.

3. Centaur tigress. Indian seal III millennium BC.

4. Centaur. Madrid Library

5. Centaur woman. Western portal of the Church of St. Michael in Lucca, 13th century

6. Multi-headed centaurs Mosaic from Otranto.

Fragment. 12th century

1. A couple of centaurs. London, 1520 

He (Ixion-KK) dared to Dieva's wife.

But every measure is according to the measurer!

unlucky bed

The concubine was plunged into the thick of grief:

He slept with a cloud.

He caught sweet lies

Blind!

She looked like a heavenly Crown daughter.

And the hand of Zeus raised her to cunning -

Red ruin!

And four spokes fatally swept him into knots,

And his hands and feet can not escape the fetters.

And what is said to him is said to everyone.

Haritas did not stand around.

When a son was born to him - not a son.

The only one from the only one.

Not in honor among people, nor in the statutes of the gods

And the nurse named him Centaur.

Centaur Hans Baldun Grün

Pen drawing ca 1515

He mingled with the Magnesian mares

At the slopes of Pelion.

And from them a wonderful horde was born. Similar to both. -

From below like a mother, from above like a father "*

★ (Translated by M.Gasparov)

Cretan seal with centaur

Centaurs brought up heroes (Jason. Achilles) - and fought with them. They are mortal, only the mentor of Achilles Chiron is immortal. But he is also. suffering from a wound inflicted by Hercules, he longs for death and therefore refuses immortality in exchange for the release of Prometheus. Here is what Apollodorus says: “Eurystheus appointed him the fourth of the feats to bring alive the Erymanthian boar. This

the beast was devastating the surroundings of the city of Psofidy... Passing through Froloi. Hercules was warmly received by the centaur Fall... When Hercules asked for wine. Fall replied that he was afraid to open a common barrel that belonged to all the centaurs. Then Hercules advised him to be bolder and opened this barrel himself. Soon, attracted by the smell of wine, the centaurs ran to the cave of Fola, grabbing a huge stone, some a whole pine tree. Hercules drove the centaurs away, and they then rushed to Chiron, and Hercules chased after them.“Aiming with a bow at the centaurs crowded around Chiron. Hercules fired an arrow, but she, having pierced the shoulder of the centaur Elat, sat down in the knee of Chiron. Deeply upset by this. Hercules ran up and, pulling out an arrow, applied medicine to the wound ... But the wound was incurable, and the centaur retired to the cave, wishing to die there. However, he could not die, because he was immortal:

Ness kidnaps Dejanira, circa 1580. Dresden Gallery

then Prometheus offered himself to Zeus in exchange, he made him immortal. and Chiron died.

The most famous mythical story associated with centaurs is the so-called centauromachy, or the battle of centaurs with lapiths. This battle rages on

the fact that the centaurs tried to steal their wives from their neighbors-

W. Blake. Kerberos

lapifs. A detailed story about this battle, which ended with the victory of the Lapiths. can be found in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

KERBER

In Greek mythology, a monstrous dog. guardian of Hades. This is a three-headed monster with a snake tail; his body is littered with the heads of snakes. Kerberos - one of the offspring of Echidna and Typhon 

(others are the Lernean hydra and the Nemean lion) Performing his twelfth labor, Hercules tied Cerberus and brought him out of Hades, but then returned him back. According to the story of Ovid, Medea, to do away with Theseus. cooked aconite - a flower that grew out of Kerberos foam:

“To lime it, Medea brewed aconite, -

She once brought it from the Scythian coasts.

They produced it, as the legend says.

Echidna's dog's teeth. Cave with black hole

There is a steep road. along which the brave Tirinfian

Cerberus dog. that go rested, eyes from sparkling

The sun's rays turned away. on an adamant chain to the light

Brought. And that one. furious. driven by furious rage.

Loud barking triple at the same time filled the air

And he scattered whitish foam over the green meadows.

Foam sprouted, they say, and. drinking moisture

From the fertile land, received a malevolent force.

This living flower. growing on solid rocks.

The villagers call it aconite.*

Hercules and Kerberos

★ (Translated by S. Shervinsky)

KERGERIGHT

In Welsh folklore, a wailing spirit. Her sobs are heard on the eve of epidemics or catastrophes - in a word, events in which 

many are destined to die. According to W. Sykes, her voice resembles “the groan of a dying person: at first it comes as if from afar, then it gets louder. Then a cry sounds three times: the first time is loud and distinct, the second is weaker, the third is very quiet. It is a harbinger of death." On the coast, she appears before a shipwreck, and she is accompanied by a wandering light.

KERKER

In the mythology of the Australian Aborigines, a wonderful bird. She has practically no feathers, except for those that are one on each wing and on the tail. This bird is known for its cry: "Ker-ker keripes!" ("So cold!").

Hercules and Kerkops. Metope from the Sanctuary of Hera on the banks of the Sela River (Southern Italy). Limestone. 6th century BC e. Pestu m, museum

KERKOPS

In Greek mythology, brothers, for constant lies, were turned into monkeys by Zeus.

Ovid in his Metamorphoses says:

“Ancient parent of the gods, angry at the deceptions of the kercops.

For breaking oaths, for their insidious crimes.

He turned these people into ugly animals. - to

They were not similar to a person, but together they are similar.

He reduced their members: lowered and flattened their nostrils:

He furrowed their face, gave old man's wrinkles

I. completely covering the whole body with red hair,

In these places settled: pre-speech ability

He took away from their tongues, born for treachery:

Complaints only allowed them to express hoarse creaking.

*(Translated by S. Shervinsky)

According to another version of the myth, set forth by Apollodorus, kercops are ugly creatures, robbers who killed travelers. They were defeated by Hercules. 

KERs

In Greek mythology, demonic beings, children of the Night. They bring misfortune and death to people. In the Iliad, the kers are described as follows:

“Range, and Troubles, and terrible Death between them are prowling:

She either holds the pierced, or catches the unpierced.

Or the body of the one killed by the leg is dragged along the cross section:

The riza on her breasts is stained with human blood.

In battle, like living people, they attack and fight,

And one before the other, bloody corpses are carried away.

*(Translated by N. Gnedich)

KIKIMORA

In the mythology of the Eastern Slavs , a female domestic evil spirit (sometimes considered the wife of a brownie). At night, the kikimora scares children, confuses yarn, and mocks men. It can also harm domestic animals, especially chickens. She usually looks like a hunched, ugly old woman in rags. As a rule, kikimors settle in houses that are built on "unclean" places: or they are let in - carpenters or stove-makers who want to harm the owners. Release kikimora Kikimora. From the drawing of I Ya Bi it’s not difficult - you need to make a doll out of chips and rags of Libin and put it under the main beam or in the front corner.

At Christmas time, kikimora gives birth to children who immediately fly out into the chimney and remain among people until Baptism. It is also believed that the appearance of kikimora portends death. 

cyclops 

 

With T. Konenkov Forest kikimora. 

S.V. Maksimov noted that the kikimora's favorite pastime is needlework: “... she comes out. to play pranks with spindles, a spinning wheel and started yarn. She takes both, sits down to spin in her favorite place: in the corner to the right of the entrance, near the stove itself ... However, although the kikimora spins, you won’t get a shirt from her, says a well-known proverb, and hence the mockery of the lazy: "Sleep, girl: a kikimora will spin for you and your mother will weave."

It is extremely difficult to drive out a kikimora. “So that she does not harm. they hang shreds of kumach or the neck from a broken clay washbasin over the chicken invasion, or they look for the “chicken god” himself. You also need to tie a juniper belt around the salt shaker so that the kikimora cannot salt the bread to her brownie husband. Camel hair also helps. The careless housewife “remains one remedy: to run into the forest. find a fern, dig out its bitter root, insist on water and wash all the pots and pots - the kikimora loves the fern very much and can leave it alone for such a pleasing.

“But the only true and quite powerful remedy against this evil is the holy cross. He won’t take someone else’s kikimore spinning wheel, he won’t unravel the tows on it, he won’t tangle the threads at the spinner, he won’t break off the weaving he has begun at the lace maker, if they prayerfully put in place both the spinning wheels with spindles and the kutuza with bobbins. (іЪісі.)

CYCLOPES

In Greek mythology, the three sons of Uranus and Gaia. giants with one eye in the middle of the forehead. The Cyclopes belong to the oldest generation of gods. Uranus threw them into Tartarus, but Zeus released the Cyclopes to help him in the fight against the Titans. Apollodorus reports that the Cyclopes "gave Zeus thunder, lightning and perun, Pluto a helmet, and Poseidon a trident." Later, the Cyclopes died at the hands of Apollo. According to Virgil, the Cyclopes, being henchmen of Hephaestus, forged the chariot of Mars, the aegis of Pallas and the armor of Aeneas.

ІЪmer depicts the Cyclopes as cruel giants, whose tribe lives in caves, eating the fruits of the earth. The only thing 

KILBISHI

the wealth of the Cyclopes is herds. The myth of how the Cyclops Polyphemus tried to devour Odysseus and his companions is widely known, but the cunning Odysseus deceived Polyphemus, blinded him and safely left the island along with his companions.

I. Jordan. Odysseus in the Cave of Polyphemus

KILBISHI

In Jain mythology, the lowest deities in rank, so to speak, are divine pariahs.

KILLMULIS

In English folklore, a funny fairy. He lives in a mill: it is believed that each mill has its own killmulis. It does not have a mouth, but it does have a huge nose with which it sniffs out food. Killmulis cares about the well-being of the miller in every possible way and, like a banshee, weeps bitterly on the eve of any misfortune. However, he is not averse to fooling around: it doesn’t cost him anything to cover the grain with ashes. Only a miller can call him to order, who must utter the following phrase: 

kymidins

“Killmulis, old man, where were you when I slaughtered the pig? Now you're left without food." Killmulis will immediately appear and ask for forgiveness for his misdeeds. He is so attached to his master that he can go for a midwife if the miller's wife has come to give birth, and on Halloween helps to guess. Killmulis usually lives in a furnace or in

fireplace.

Relatives of the Killmulis live in Ireland and Denmark - Caboters . They are just as hard-working, but a little silly. It doesn't stop them

4 hours to be wonderful carpenters, nick: they carve wooden toys for children and pipes and spoons for adults. 

KIMIDINS

In ancient Indian mythology , demons who from time to time stray into flocks and begin to harm people. Alone, Kimidins are powerless against a person.

Kilmullis is easily recognizable by his huge nose.

In the Atharvaveda there is a conspiracy addressed to Agni - "to discover sorcerers." It sounds like this:

“Bring here, O Agni, the Sorcerer who calls out himself, the Kimidin!

After all, you, oh God, when you are glorified, Become a murderer of dasyu! ..

Let the sorcerers cry

And those devouring Kimidins!

Then, O Agni and Indra,

Accept this sacrificial libation!

Let Agni seize first!

Let Indra, the handy one, push him away!

Let everyone who is afflicted with Sorcery cry like this: “It is I”! ..

You, O Agni, bring me here

Bound sorcerers!

Then Indra will empty

Their heads with a club of thunder! ”*

*(Translated by T. Elizarenkova) 

Cimmerians

Cimmerians

In Greek mythology, a wonderful people living in the far north. Homer describes their country in these terms:

“Soon we came to the deep-flowing waters of the Ocean:

There the Cimmerian is a sad region, covered forever

Wet fog and haze of clouds: never is

The eye of people there is the face of the radiant Helios ...

The bleak night surrounds the living there from time immemorial.*

7 Translation by V. Zhukovsky)

It is curious that Robert Howard, the "father" of Conan the Barbarian, also places Cimmeria in the north of his world - though not in the extreme. Further north are Asgard and Vanaheim.

KIMPURUSHA

In ancient Indian mythology, wonderful creatures, half-humans, half-beasts (lions, monkeys, horses). Sometimes they are identified with the Kinnars. There is no mountain that does not have its Kimpurush.

lion woman

Abu Reyhan Biruni, in his work India, says the following about the kimpurush: “In Madhyadesha, it is said, there are two kinds of inhabitants. Some are called Kimpurush. Their men are known as golden in color and their women as surenu. They live a long life, not knowing diseases during their existence. They still commit sins and do not envy one another. Their food consists of the juice which they squeeze out of the fruit of the palm-trees called madya.

Man-lions and man-bulls. Relief from Kargamis, between 1050 and 850 BC

KINGU

In Akkadian mythology , a monster. He was born by the goddess Tyamat, who wanted to take revenge on the young gods for the murder of her husband Apsu. 

KINNAMOLG

"Hydra. Mushkhush. She created Lahoma out of the abyss.

Giant Lion. Fierce Dog. Scorpio in human form.

Storm Demon, Kulilu and Kusarikku.

Their weapons are ruthless, they are fearless in battle!

Mighty are her creations, they have no equal!

And she created eleven more of these!

Of the gods, their first-born, that the council was,

She chose Kingu, exalted her above all - The commander, The main one in the Council, With the weapons of battle calling to battle.

Loot distributor.

She gave everyone under his power, put them on the throne.

Kinnara, Thailand

'(Translated by Afanasyeva)

The lord of the new gods, Marduk, takes away the tables of fate from Kingu and kills the monster, and then, mixing clay with his blood, creates people.

KINNAMOLG

In Arabic folklore, a bird that builds nests in the tops of trees. They hunt it because the kinnamolg builds its nest from a very valuable wood, which is much more valuable than diamonds.

KINNAR

In ancient Indian mythology, demigods, people with horse heads, or birds with people's heads.

According to legend, kinnaras were born from the foot of Brahma. They belong to the retinue of the god Kubera and, like the Gandharvas, are celestial singers and musicians. Sometimes kinnars are identified with kimpur ears.

pussy

In the folklore of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, the girl of the waves. She has the head and chest of a woman, and instead of legs, a salmon tail. In the water her hair is dark 

KITOVRAS

green, and in the air they stop golden. They are woven with decorations from the underwater halls of the pussycats. From the unions of pussies with mortal men, wonderful sailors are born - pilots and helmsmen. If you catch pussies. she will grant three wishes, but one should keep an eye on her: she will never miss an opportunity to take revenge on the one who caught her. If the pussy is hungry, it can swallow a person whole. You can kill her only by destroying the soul (which, like

Koshchei the Immortal, hidden in an inaccessible place).

KITOVRAS

In Russian legends and apocrypha , a centaur, an opponent of King Solomon. This word was used as a common noun, denoting a winged monster. Kitovras is a werewolf, during the day he appears in the form of a man, and at night he becomes a beast.

Kinnars are male celestial dancers. India

The most famous legend is about how King Solomon ordered Kitovras to be brought to him. Togo was drugged with wine, put in cursed chains and delivered to the king. Kitovras taught Solomon how to get a shamir, with which you can hew stones without using iron. After that, Solomon wanted to test the strength of the centaur. He asked to remove the chain, took

the king had a ring - and threw Solomon into a distant country: “And he swallowed the ring, stretched out his wing, swung and hit Solomon, and threw him to the end of the promised land. The wise men and scribes found out about this and sought out Solomon.

By order of King Kitovras, sixty guards from naked guarded every night. 

swords. When one day the king asked the centaur what was best in the world, Kitovras answered. “The best thing is your own will. rushed, "broke everything" and galloped away.

KLABAUTERMANN

In the folklore of the peoples of Western Europe, spirits inhabiting the figureheads of sailing ships. In fact, they live in trees, but they are so attached to them that when they cut down and cut out of them the nasal figures of the klabautermann climb inside and so

Caboter

get on the ships. Sailors both love and fear them. Most often, klabautermanns help ship carpenters, in general they love to make noise and knock with their hammers. Before people, they appear, as a rule, in human form, sometimes also

x take the form of a dog,

squirrels or Klabautermann cats, speaking in human language, try to push the crew around, tease and make fun of people. They know everything that happens on the ship; in addition, they foresee the future and do not tolerate criminals and rebels on board and take revenge on those. who steals their food, and in every possible way harasses foul-mouthed and drunkards. temperament

mx klabautermann is quite grumpy and they constantly quarrel among themselves.

Usually klabautermann

appear only in moments of danger - before a storm or a shipwreck. Some argue that the Klabauthermann has a funny habit - as soon as he appears on the ship, he goes to the captain's cabin, and he pours him wine.

While the klabautermann is on the ship, nothing threatens the ship itself or the crew: the voyage will be short and safe. True, according to some sources.

the presence of a klabautermann on a ship, on the contrary, promises all sorts of trouble.

The Klabautermanns are related to the Killmulis and Cabotera . More precisely, the Caboters are the descendants of the Klabautermanns. It is impossible not to admit that the older generation is much stronger than the youth: where one klabautermann was enough before. three Caboteurs are required today. Literally everything causes difficulties for them, even the process of smoking: while one caboter holds a pipe, the second one brings the fire, and the third is dragged on.

The klabautermann is about three feet tall. They usually wear red jackets two sizes too small and round red hats. Sometimes white or yellow sailor trousers are worn, which are tucked into boots with high tops.

STOREHOLDERS

See PARTICIPANTS.

KLUDDE

In the folklore of the Belgians, forest spirits are prone to werewolf and have the ability to turn into dogs and toads. and pretend to be trees. They can be recognized by the two blue lights that accompany the fairies and the cry: “Clude”, from which they got their nickname.

CLURACANS

The Cluracan pours out the wine

In Irish folklore, old men who live in wine cellars: they monitor the safety of wine and beer and, if the owner of the house is a drunkard, do not deny themselves the pleasure of getting their throats wet on occasion. Klurakans also frighten dishonorable servants if they get into the habit of stealing wine. Sometimes a klurakan becomes quite stubborn in his claims, and if they decide to get rid of him by moving to another house. he simply climbs into some barrel of wine and accompanies 

Clouracan

hosts. Usually clouracans walk around in red jackets, because they belong to lonely fairies who, unlike stray ones, prefer red color in their clothes. If you make friends with the Klurakan. he can tell you where the treasure is buried.

The Kluracans love to drink and, when tipsy, ride sheep, toss their hats in the air, and yell for joy.

COBLINAY

In Welsh folklore , fairies, relatives of kobolds and studs , are small and stocky (however, they can be as tall as an adult, but they will still look like dwarfs), coblinai are dressed like miners, and

heads are tied with red-yellow handkerchiefs. They are friendly to people and always ready to help. Meeting with coblinai promises good luck - most likely, a rich vein will be unexpectedly found (it can also be found by listening to the sound of their hammers). Despite his friendliness, the coblin is not

Puka and coblinai

opened to a person where the vein passes, they should definitely be thanked, otherwise the next time they will arrange a collapse in the mine.

they endure when they are mocked, and begin to throw stones, which, however, never hit the target. They walk around with hammers and picks, but they do not mine the ore themselves, preferring fun and dancing to work. If coblinay 

Koblinai

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kobolds - mountain spirits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

D. Hales. mountain goblins 

KOBOLDS

In German folklore, they are distant relatives of English studs. They live in mines and adits, and have a much more vicious disposition than their relatives. They love to arrange rockfalls and blockages, cut the ropes, extinguish the lamps on the miners' helmets. Curiously, the mineral cobalt got its name precisely from kobolds: according to rumors, for some reason it reminded miners of harmful spirits - apparently because it came across often, but had no value. Kobolds have red hair and beards, they are small as children, but strong and strong, they can become invisible at will, and when they want, they appear before people under the guise of short men in red caps.

CODRILLS

In the folklore of the French, flying snakes are invisible to people, but no less dangerous. Distinguished by remarkable strength and capable of killing a bull with one blow of the tail, Codrills lay their eggs in manure.

To prevent this, on the first of May they put a branch of blackthorn in the manure.

COKI-TENO

In Japanese folklore , werewolves are able to take on human form and inhabit the body of any person. Most often they appear in the form of beautiful women in long white dresses. Koki-teno are able to seduce anyone: their victims become possessed over time and begin to run and growl and shy away from dogs.

WIZARDS

In the myths and folklore of various peoples, people who are familiar with evil spirits receive special abilities from it and use these abilities to the detriment of others. 

In addition, this word also denotes pagan priests; A.N. Afanasiev wrote: “... the sorcerer and the witch were servants of the deities ... they owned the conduct of religious rites and the mythical language of pagan worship; commanded words will drive away evil spirits, remove its harmful influence and bring fertility to the earth, to animals and people, to homes - abundance and peace. These priests, in order to avoid confusion, it is more accurate to call the magi or sorcerers.

Like witches, sorcerers make a pact with Satan and sell their souls to him; this pact is sealed with blood. The newly-minted sorcerer is required to renounce God, that is, remove the cross from his neck and hide it under his right heel, or stand with his feet on the icon, laid face down on the ground, and blaspheme. If the sorcerer does not come up with an occupation for the evil spirits, which since that day has been subject to him, this filth will torment him: hence the stories about that. how sorcerers forced devils to twist ropes from water, etc. Having concluded an agreement, the sorcerer receives from Satan a black book (why the sorcerer is also called a warlock), which allows you to summon demonsBefore death, the sorcerer must refuse this book to someone, otherwise he will come for it from the grave. In Russian folklore, several magical books are known - Volkhovnik, Enchanter, Myslennik, Kolyadnik, Gromnik, Ostrologer, Astrologer, Traveler, Voronogray, Six-winged, Aristotelian Gates, Rafli, etc.

Witches, again like witches, fall into two categories. According to S.V. Maksimov, “sorcerers are natural and voluntary, but there is no difference between them, except that the latter are more difficult to recognize in the crowd and it is not so easy to protect yourself from them. A natural sorcerer ... has his own genealogy: a girl will give birth to a girl, this second will bring a third, and a boy born from a third will become a sorcerer at an age, and a girl a witch. However, there are., Unwitting sorcerers. The fact is that before death, every sorcerer tries to impose his magical power on someone, otherwise he will have to suffer for a long time, and mother-cheese 

the green will not accept him. Therefore, knowledgeable and cautious people carefully avoid taking anything from his hands, even the closest relatives try to stay away, and if the patient asks for drink, they will not give it from his hands, but put the ladle so that he himself can reach it. .. For the "unwitting" sorcerer, repentance and salvation are possible: they are scolded by priests and prayed for in monasteries, but for the "free" there is neither one nor the other.

The main thing that sorcerers harm people with is that they inflict damage. The sorcerer can “say” some household item or food, let the wind blow or jinx it, etc. He can also avert his eyes, that is, let in a haze - an illusion. V.I.Dal cites the following story: “...the peasants go to the auction and see a crowd surrounded by gypsies, of which one, as the people assure the new arrivals, crawls through the logs, in its entire length. so that the log cracks, and he climbs! The new arrivals, on whom no confusion had been thrown, began to laugh at the crowd, assuring that the gypsy was climbing near the log, and not through it: then the gypsies, turning to them. said: what did you not see here? Look better at your wagons, your hay is on fire! The peasants rushed, the hay seemed to be on fire: they grabbed the horses in a hurry, cutting the harness, and the crowd above them laughed at the top of their lungs: they looked back again - the carts stood as they stood, and did not think to burn.

Even if during the life of a person it was not known that he was a sorcerer, this immediately becomes clear when it is his turn to die. The sorcerer dies long and painfully, they have convulsions, and after the funeral they, if not drive an aspen stake into the coffin. will rise from their graves and attack living people. To expose the sorcerer, you can light a willow candle in the presence of the suspect: if this is really a sorcerer, he will immediately stand on his head.

The damage that the sorcerer has let loose, he cannot remove himself. To do this, you must either contact another sorcerer, or call a priest.

M.I. Chulkov in “Abevega of Russian Superstitions” reports: “Usually, these sorcerers spoil at the wedding, either the guests, or the groom, or the bride. Do between husband and wife 

disagreement, the groom is not acting at that time, and the bride is hiding a secret natural, which is sometimes found under a pot, basket, sieve, etc. They plant keels, throw powder on the road, and it’s as if the horses of the bridegroom and the bride are rearing up and moving. The women spoiled by them call animals with different voices, and especially a dog and a cat, and call out the names of their spoiled ones, while crying and beating and tormenting themselves.

S.V. Gorodetsky wrote:

COLOVERS

See KORGORUSHI.

“On the field, behind the hill, where the hill lowers. Where the sun plants red onions, Where the yellow ergot is overgrown. She bent down, the gray-haired hut was smoking. Green logs, and the roof is ruddy, It has long since grown into the red earth. The dark lump chuckles and frowns. In the window of a wretched sorcerer-sorcerer. Beard fly in the wind, fly! .. "

CONANNON

In Welsh folklore, creepy dogs, "Annon's pack" or "dogs from the underworld." Meeting with them portends death. However, they themselves do not attack people. Howl kon annon from afar seems inexpressibly mournful, but close up it resembles the yelping of a beagle Tot. whoever hears this howl will surely die.

The legend says that one day King Pwyl went hunting and saw a pack of outlandish dogs: “And he rode into a forest clearing and saw there not his own dogs, but strangers chasing a big deer. In the middle of the clearing they overtook him and threw him to the ground. Then Pwyle could see these dogs, the likes of which he had never seen in his life. They were white as snow, and their ears were red: both white and red sparkled and shimmered. Soon the owner of the pack appeared, and it turned out that it was Arawn. the ruler of Annon, and his pack - con annon. At the invitation of Araun, Pwyle spent a whole year in Annona, and subsequently he was called the Sovereign of Annona. Anna in Welsh folklore - the other world. 

HEMP

HEMP

In the myths of the Indians of North America (Quechua), the guardian spirit of the hearth. As a rule, hemp does not have a specific image. Usually, as hemp, they worshiped a stone of a special shape or some unusual object.

kopshi

See PARTICIPANTS.

KORGORUSHI

In the mythology of the Eastern Slavs, the helpers of the brownie, most often taking the form of a cat. Korgorushes look after the well-being of the house, bringing supplies and money to the owner from other houses.

CORIBANTS

In Greek mythology, the companions of the Great Mother. Apollodorus reports that the Corybantes are the children of Apollo and the muse Thalia. Strabo, on the other hand, notes that according to some sources , “the Corybantes were some kind of demons - the children of Athena and Helios. According to others, the Corybantes are the children of Kronos: finally, some other writers consider them the sons of Zeus and Calliope and assert their identity with the Kabirs. A little earlier, the same Strabo characterizes the Corybantes in such expressions: “according tosome legends of the Corybantes. Kabiri. The Idean Dactyls and Telkhins are identified with the Kurets, in others these tribes are depicted as related. with some minor differences between them. In short, they are all considered to be something like people inspired by God and stricken with Bacchic madness, who, in the form of servants of a deity, during the performance of sacred rites, frighten people with a military dance performed in full armor to the noise and ringing of cymbals, tympans and weapons, accompanied by a flute and cries ".

KOROCHUN

In Slavic mythology, an evil spirit that shortens life. It is to him that the sudden death of a person is attributed: cf. Russian sentences: “a korochun came to someone” and “ask someone a korochun”, that is, to kill. In addition, Korochun is the name

winter solstice and the holiday associated with this day.

Corred

CORRED

CORRED

In Spanish folklore and the folklore of the inhabitants of the Brittany peninsula , spirits. They have red, glow-in-the-dark eyes and dark skin. They are endowed with the gift of prophecy, they know how to create magic and know the location of all the treasures in the area. Korred are very fond of dancing, and indulge in this activity with such passion that the grass begins to burn under their feet. Those people who prevent them from having fun. Korred take cruel revenge: women give birth to children similar to one of their neighbors, and they make men dance to exhaustion - some, sometimes, even fall dead.

However, the korred are not always so severe, although they do not differ in a special disposition towards people. For a small fee, they can lend their bulls, kitchen utensils and tools to the peasants, as well as sharpen knives and sickles left overnight on specially shaped stones. It even happens that the korred look after the pigs - if they are promised lard.

About three feet tall, the corred are hunchbacked, with cat-like claws for fingers and goat's hooves for feet. Their voices are hoarse and quiet, but laughter can be heard from afar. Corred men always carry leather purses with scissors and cut hair. They live in caves and burrows, and always choose those that are located below sea level.

They say that it was the korred that was installed in ancient times by dolmens - vertically standing stones, of which there are so many in Brittany and Cornwall. 

The tale says that a hunchback farmer once put an iron nail in his pocket and went dancing with the corred, who promised not to harm him. They danced to a simple tune, singing "Monday, Tuesday." The farmer added: "And Wednesday." Corred liked the new chorus very much and, in gratitude, they spared the farmer's hump. And in the village there lived another hunchback who also decided to try his luck. Unfortunately, he stuttered when he started to sing along. He got something like: "And th-Th-Thursday." The korred were so angry that they gave him a second hump - the same one that his predecessor had been spared.

CORRIGAN

In the folklore of the inhabitants of the Brittany peninsula, they are the guardians of springs and springs. They live underground. Often, dolmens can be found near springs. When the moon is full, the Corrigans begin to comb their long hair with golden combs, slowly and deliberately, as if in time with the flow of water, which on such nights acquires healing properties. Having brushed their hair, they bathe and sing. If a mortal man hears the song of a corrigan.

Lake Maiden on the Shore

he is doomed - either he marries a corrigan within three days or he dies.

It is possible that the Corrigans are related to the Corred. They cannot even bear the mention of Christ: the priest's cassock leads 

a holiday where they take turns drinking from a crystal goblet, joining the secrets of poetry and earthly wisdom.

Corrigan is about two feet tall and beautifully built. They wear flowing white robes, can change shape at will, become spiders, eels or snakes. At night, Corrigans appear inexpressibly beautiful, their golden hair glowing with its own light. During the day, the hair grows dull, the eyes become bloodshot, and the skin dries up, like the ancient old women.

In the Breton ballad "Senior Nann and the Fairy" (we are talking specifically about Corrigan - K.K.), it is said that the wife of a certain knight gave birth to twins. Wanting to give her a gift, the knight went hunting. Until the evening he pursued the white deer and finally stopped to drink water from the spring. And the spring belonged to the Corrigan. who was sitting on the shore combing her hair.

“- You muddy the moisture of my keys, But you will curse your courage.

You must take me as your wife Or you will live only three days. Or you will wither away until death Seven years in a row, as if from a mountain.

The knight replied:

“I didn’t muddy your waters.

Besides, I've been married for a year.

Than I break my marriage vow, I will soon give my soul to God!

Three days later, Corrigan's curse was fulfilled and the knight died. His wife was not told about this, but on the way to the church she saw a freshly filled grave:

“Madam is coming to the church.

The earth is loosened, fresh.

And a hill in the family cemetery

Hides a new home.

- Who sleeps here, Lord have mercy? - She looks at the sad hill.

- My child, your dear husband Tonight is taken by the grave!

★ (Translated by V.Potapova) 

KOSMACH

The curse of the corrigan continued, and a few days later the knight's wife departed into the other world after her husband.

KOSMACH

In English folklore , a werewolf related to bogies . He has many guises, but most of all he appears under the guise of a shaggy stallion or a donkey with burning eyes. at night from under the bridge

CAT BAIYUN

In Russian folklore, a wonderful beast He lives in the “thirtieth kingdom: at the end of the world, It is extremely difficult to cope with him, because Bayun puts drowsiness on his opponents begins to overcome sleep, then you should put on all three caps - this will help to cope with drowsiness. Pincers are needed to pull Bayun off the pole on which he sits, and rods - iron, copper and tin - to subdue the cat. As it is said in one fairy tale, “a tin rod bends , does not break, but wraps itself around the ridge ” If Bayun begins to tell different stories, you should by no means listen to him: after making sure that his opponent does not care, the cat admits his defeat and follows the winner

KOSHCHEY (KASHCHEI) IMMORTAL

A. Ya. Golovin. Kashchei. Costume design for the opera by N. A. Rimsky Korsakov Mlada.

1924

In the mythology and folklore of the Eastern Slavs, an evil sorcerer, a disgusting old man who lives in a distant kingdom at the end of the world, Koschei is not at all immortal, he can be killed, but for this you need to find Koshcheev's death And it is not easy to find it "There is an island on the sea in the ocean, on that island there is an oak , and for a year the chest is buried with oak, in the chest is a hare, in the hare - a duck in a duck - an egg, in an egg there is a needle and in a needle - Koshcheev's death " (though some fairy tales - for example," Marya Morevna "- claim that Koshchei can be killed with one "heroic" gift) 

KRAKEN

In the folklore of the peoples of Western Europe, a monster with a body circumference of up to one and a half nautical miles. He lives deep under water. At

kraken

The kraken has a giant head and many tentacles. When he gets angry, he secretes a cloudy liquid from the body. Like dragons, krakens guard treasures; it is they who guard most of the sunken ships and underwater ruins. The ancient Greek writer Pliny the Elder mentioned the kraken, which was seen at the Pillars of Hercules: he basked in warm water, and people mistakenly took his body half-hidden by water for a sharp ridge.

wow.

Kraken sinks the ship

RED CAPS

shoes, and they usually hold staves in their hands. By force with the Red Hat

In English folklore, perhaps the most vicious of the goblins. They live in the ruins of ancient towers and fortresses along the Scottish border, where once fierce battles raged. The more bloody the battle was, the more the goblins rejoiced - after all, they paint their hats with human blood. The Red Caps have long fangs protruding from their mouths, bony fingers that end in claws, huge bloodshot eyes, matted dirty hair. falling on the shoulders; they wear iron to cope, it can only be driven away by a cross or a crucifix. If you show him the cross, he  

will let out a terrible cry filled with disappointment, and will disappear, leaving one of his fangs on the ground.

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Goblin Red Riding Hood

CRATS

See FIGHTS.

CRIX

See nightlights.

CRYONS

In the folklore of the inhabitants of the Brittany peninsula, spirits related to the correspondent. They are even more cruel than their relatives. When the person whom they lured into their round dance falls from exhaustion and dies, the cryons laugh merrily - it's so funny to them.

KRO MARA

In Scottish folklore, magical livestock that live in the sea. Cromar bulls and cows are devoid of horns, their skins are all black or dark brown (although sometimes they come across red and piebald), their ears are round. Bulls sometimes converge with ordinary cows and this leads to an improvement in the breed; sometimes they take mortal cows with them into the sea. Sea fairies happen to give animals From the herd of cromar to people. In this case, the animals should be more tightly locked up for the night, otherwise they will run away and dive into the nearest river. If treated well, Cro Mara remain loyal to their new owners and even protect them.

The story goes that a calf with round ears was once born in a farmer's herd . The wise woman said that a water bull would grow out of this calf and that it should be kept away from other calves for seven years and fed with the milk of three cows. The farmer obeyed. And a calf 

KRODHAVASHI

grew up and turned into a stately handsome bull Once the daughter of a farmer went to graze herds on the shore of the lake and there to her. under ate an unfamiliar young man. He laid her head on the kayaeni. and the girl was horrified to see seaweed in his wasps. That was a terrible oh-ear! The girl was able to lull the evil faerie and he fell asleep. Then she carefully freed herself and ran home. Already at the very duty, she heard the clatter of hooves behind her. I will wrap it up and see that my ear is catching up. And then a bull with round ears arrived to help the girl. He grabbed it with an eh ear, and they both fell into the lake. The next morning, the mutilated body of a bull washed up on the shore, and the eh ear disappeared without a trace.

KRODHAVASHI

In ancient Indian mythology, a variety of Rakshasas, whose name is translated as "possessed with anger." Krodhavasha was defeated by the hero Bhima. son of the wind god Vayu In the Mahabharata it is said: * This one who is called Ballova and serves as your cook, O lord of people, is Bhima of mighty arms, terrible in his swiftness and strength. This is he. having killed on the mountain Andhamadana the ferocious rakshas called Krodhavasha brought heavenly fragrant lotuses for Krishna "

XANs

In Spanish folklore, beautiful, golden-haired fairies of small stature They live in caves and springs On the day of St. John, the xanas play with gold jewelry and yin jewels and generously endow mortals who will be able to turn them into ordinary women

KUSHI

In Scottish folklore, the magical dog He is huge, shaggy with dark green hair. Its paws leave traces the size of a human, and the tail of the ku shi is braided and lies on the back of the beast. The ku shi moves silently, however, catching up with the victim, it barks loudly three times. He kidnaps mortal women and takes them to an elven hill, where they become nannies for faerie babies. 

KUAFU

KUAFU

Giants in ancient Chinese mythology . Yuan Ke says: “The people of this tribe were of enormous stature and possessed the greatest strength. two yellow snakes hung from their ears, and in their hands they clutched two more. But they were kind and peaceful." These giants took the side of Chiyu against Huang-di and were defeated.

That giant also belonged to the Kuafu tribe. which, according to myth, was trying to catch up with the sun. Yuan Ke reports: “This brave man from the Kuafu tribe once burned with a great desire to catch up with the sun, to compete with him in running. And act

Indeed, he rushed across the plain with huge steps, like the wind, in pursuit of the sun leaving to the west. In the blink of an eye, he ran a thousand li and eventually caught up with the sun in the Yugu Valley. A fiery red ball was in front of him. This daredevil found himself in its rays, joyfully straightened his heroic shoulders, intending to grab the sun. But he ran all day and was very tired, yes

and the sun burned him so that

my heart began to burn and my mouth dried up. Then he lay down on the ground and began to drink the water of their rivers Huang He and Weishui - in an instant both rivers dried up, but he still did not quench his thirst. He ran north to drink the waters of the Great Lake... But he died halfway... Like a mountain, he fell to the ground, and the roar of his fall spread across the plain, shook mountains and rivers. Before his death, he threw the stick he was holding in his hand, and it immediately turned into a dense green grove of peach trees with juicy fruits, with which those who would follow him would start chasing the sun could quench their thirst.

Kuafu is catching up with the sun. Engraving from <Illustrations for the Book of Mountains and Seas>. Xylograph. Leningrad, Library. M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin

WIZARDS

See WIZARDS. 

Kui

KUY

In ancient Chinese mythology , a monster - a one-legged and hornless ash-blue bull Kui could walk on the water as soon as he stepped on the water, a strong wind immediately rose and a downpour of Giaz began, the monsters radiated an unbearable brilliance. According to other sources, Kui's appearance is even more terrible: he has only one hind leg, a human face and the torso of a monkey, and he can speak Kui's voice was heard for five hundred li Yellow Lord Huang Di ordered to catch Kui. drum When this drum was beaten with a stick made of the bone of the thunder god Lei-shen, the enemy troops were frightened to death

KULESHATA

See KULESHI

E M Falcone Amur

KULESHI (KULASHI)

In Russian folklore, petty demons are assistants to sorcerers . According to DK Zelenin, along with shulikuns korgorushes and middays , they can refer to the mortgaged dead (see DOMOVIK).

kumbhanda

In ancient Indian mythology, small demons In Buddhist mythology, ugly spirits that are usually mentioned in texts along with asuras and gandharvas and pi with rakshasas and pishachas As a rule, kumbhandas are hostile to people, but they obey the buddhas and bodhisattvas

KUN

See PEN

BATHING

See MERMAIDS 

CUPID 

  

 

Cupid shoots another arrow

Cupid by the fire. Russian tapestry 

CUPID

In the European medieval literary and architectural tradition, plump-cheeked babies with stretched bows in their hands. Like the Greek god of love Eros, as well as the Roman Cupid and Cupid. from which they inherited their name. struck people with arrows of love.

CURETS

In Greek mythology , demons who were part of the retinue of the Great Mother and drowned out the cry of the baby Zeus with the rattling of weapons and screams so that the bloodthirsty Kronos would not hear. Curetes are the children of mother earth Gaia or Athena and Helios. They taught people how to tame animals, build houses, and so on.

KURONI

In Korean mythology, a large snake. It was believed that the presence of kuronya in the house brings wealth and long life. In the head of the snake is a gem, thanks to which it lives for over a thousand years.

KUTRUB

See GULI.

CUTSODAIMON

See Callicants. 

LA 

 

Figure of Lamassu from Nimrud-

Kalhu. 9th c. BC

LAMA

See LAMASS. 

LA

In Tibetan mythology, the soul of a living being. Like the three elements of nature among the Egyptians, the soul of the Tibetan consists of three parts - la, or life force, tskhe, or force of procreation, and sog, or breath of life. La changes its location: at the beginning and end of each month, it is in the left heel of men and the right heel of women, and on the full moon it moves to the crown. After the death of a person, la leaves the body.

A person and a people as a whole can have several la, which reside in trees, stones, animals, household items, etc.

LUBBERKINS

See LOWS AND HOBS.

LAVRUN

See TAVRUK.

LAZAVIKI

In the folklore of Belarusians, tiny creatures, one-eyed old people who live in small houses in the swamps. They are as tall as a fingernail, each has a long beard and a whip seven fathoms long. Walking through the bog, the Lazavik usually brandishes a whip, and his eyes sparkle like lights (cf. Western European ideas about stray lights).

LAMASSOU

In Sumerian-Akkadian mythology, the guardian spirit. Each person has his own lamassu and his shedu, however, according to some texts, women have only lamassa. Shedu personified the vitality of a person, while lamassu - his personality. Perhaps the original lamassu was the spirit of the placenta. 

LAMASHTU

In Akkadian mythology , a female demon with a lion's head. She sends illnesses and misfortunes to people, kidnaps children. She was depicted as breastfeeding a dog or a pig.

LAMINAKES

In Spanish folklore , spirits, keepers of springs and springs, "related" to the Breton Corrigans. Lamineks are more tolerant of Christianity. It is believed that in their words they put the exact opposite meaning. If the Laminacs say it's wonderful weather today, it means it's slushy outside. If they predict rain or snow, the sun will shine with might and main.

LAMIA

In Greek mythology , a monster, half human, half animal. Her body is covered in scales, she has human hands and goat hooves for legs. and the head and chest are female.

According to Apollodorus, the Greek Lamia was the queen of Libya. She was seduced by the god Zeus, and the jealous Hera, his wife, killed the children of Lamia, and turned the queen herself into an animal with a snake's body, horse hooves and a lion's tail. This monster roamed at night (Hera also deprived her of sleep), kidnapping and devouring children. Zeus took pity on Lamia and granted her the ability to take her eyes out of her sockets: by taking her eyes out. Lamia fell asleep and became harmless.

The image of lamia in medieval Western European folklore differs from the traditional one. In Western European folklore, more than one lamia is known. but several at once. These are beautiful girls with long hair. They seduce young people and R. Topsel. Fairies, or La- drink their blood, that is, they behave like a mia > London, 1658 

LANNAN SHI 

 

Lannan Shi - or "wonderful beloved" 

Incubus The South Slavs considered the lamia to be a monstrous snake with a dog's head; this snake devoured everything that grew in the fields and gardens

The English romantic poet John Keats described lamia in these words:

A hundred silver moons on a flexible body That suddenly dissolved in unsteady shimmering. That flashed sparks, intertwined

In whimsical change

vuyu elm

She was the ill-fated sylph

Beloved deme ia beautiful

Or the demon himself? Overhead

Swarms of serpents from the yal of the constellations ... ". *

*("Lamia" Translated from Sukharev)

LANNAN SHI

In the folklore of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, “a wonderful beloved is a bloodthirsty spirit in a female form. Usually she appears to some man in the form of a written beauty invisible to everyone else. If a person succumbs to seduction, he is dead: the Lannan-shi will drink his blood. She lives near springs and springs.

LANONSH

In Irish folklore, the "wonderful lover" is a faerie. distant

with the Manx lannan shi She is cruel and

wayward, and woe to the one who is tempted by her However, lanon she is affectionate with those who are told by her wonderful voice and the music that she plays, inspire poets and singers. They sacrifice their lives in order to experience a rush of breath for a brief moment.

innovations and know glory. 

LARVES 

 

Statue of the god Lara. 1st century AD Rome, Capitoline Museums 

LARVES

See LEMURS.

LAR

In Roman mythology , deities are the patrons of families, communities, and their lands. Lares, who were associated with the cult of ancestors, were asked for help. It was believed that they strictly observe traditions and customs; slaves sought protection from cruel masters from domestic lares. As a rule, the Lares were depicted as two young men in dog skins and with a dog at their feet (the skins and the dog symbolized the vigilant vigilance of the Lares)

Images of lares were placed on the hearth: sometimes they were placed in a niche nearby, from where they were taken out on holidays and sacrifices and libations were made to them.

Ovid in the Fasti explains the feast of Laralia in this way:

“In May Kalends, an altar was erected to the guardians-Laram

And statues with him are small of these | gods...

The name of the "guardians." therefore they were assigned.

That guards their eyes all. what they are looking for.

They protect us, observe the city walls.

They are always with us, and they help in everything.

But at the foot of the Lares stands a dog made of stone -

How to explain why Lara and the dog are here together?

Together they keep the house and both are faithful to the owner:

Lar is watching the crossroads, and the dog is watching.

Both round up the thieves - and Lar. and Diana's flock, Lara is always vigilant, dogs are also vigilant. *

"(Translated by F. Petrovsky) 

LAUMA (LAUME)

In the mythology of the peoples of the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea , a witch who strangles the sleeping at night sends nightmares, substitutes for children, etc. According to AN Afanasyev, laums are cloud maidens. rulers of thunderstorms and rain showers; according to the various influences of these celestial phenomena, then beneficial ones. sometimes destructive, the laums appear partly as bright nymphs of said beauty and partly as ugly and demonically evil old women.

If a lauma appears in a green dress, it portends a good harvest; if in red, it promises a cruel war, and if in black, it means that famine and pestilence should be expected.

Instead of kidnapped children, the laums leave their own - or dolls made of twigs and straw they breathe life into these dolls and line them in the cradle . A changeling lives, as a rule, no more than ten to twelve years until death remains the size of a child. and his head is so huge that he is unable to keep it straight. Most often, daums kidnap children on Thursdays (this day of the week for many peoples is dedicated to the thunder god - be it Perkunas. Thor or another god). On Thursday, the laums go into people's houses in search of the left yarn, having found it, they sit down to work and disappear in the morning, taking the yarn with them. Again, on Thursdays, the lamas do their laundry, and the sound of their rollers resounds far through the neighborhood.

A. N. Afanasiev gives a legend about a lauma who owned a rainbow belt. She was distinguished by unspeakable beauty and lived in the clouds. Once Lauma saw a beautiful young man on earth, fell in love with him and descended to him on her belt. Soon a child was born to them: Lauma descended to the ground three times a day to breastfeed the child. But the god Perkunas was angry with Lauma because she had met with a mortal, he grabbed the child and threw him into heaven, and cut off Lauma’s breasts, chopped them into small pieces and scattered on the ground Therefore, "devil's fingers" are called by the ba.' tiy peoples with paps laum: (baitez paraz) 

LAURA

In Italian folklore, demonic creatures. They are tiny, but superbly built. They have black shining eyes, their hair is long and curly, and their outfits are made of the most delicate velvet. During the day, Laura is almost invisible, but at night they go all out. They do not do housework. because they are afraid to get dirty and ruin their clothes, and the animals are fed only those that they like. They adore women and constantly try to seduce. If Laura is rejected, he sends nightmares to the woman; to get rid of Laura. you need to hang bull or ram horns over the door. Then Laura will leave the house - either she will decide that they are mocking him, or she will perceive the horns as a threat of physical violence.

Skaitsamuryeddu are related to Laura. They are slightly shorter and wear red hats (and Laura prefers brown hats). Skazzamuryeddu are very mischievous, especially pestering children, but they can indicate where the treasure is buried or suggest winning numbers in the lottery.

Laura is less than two feet tall, while skazzamurieddu rarely reach one.

The tale says that one day Laura appeared to several people and asked what they prefer to receive - a bag of money or broken dishes.

Sea demons in the form of hybrid creatures.

- Of course, with money! the people shouted in unison.

Lauru handed them a bag and disappeared. Looking inside, they did not see the money at all, which they counted on, but only clay fragments.

LAHAMA

In Sumerian mythology, water demons It was believed that there were fifty of them. They obeyed their creators - the gods Enki and Abzu. The text of the epic poem "Enuma Elish" mentions Lahamu - a child of primeval chaos; This is a deity in a monstrous guise. Goddess Tiamat, avenging the death of her husband Alsou, created Lahama along with other monsters*

“Hydra, Mushhusha, Lahama from the abyss she created ..”*

7 Translated by V. Afanasiev) 

LAYUNS 

 

Leviathan

LEMBO

See HIISHI 

LAYUNS

See SUPPORTERS

LEVIATHAN

In the Old Testament traditions, a sea monster. The Bible speaks of him like this From his sneezing, it appears to sow his eyes like the eyelashes of the dawn. fiery ki comes out of his mouth. fiery sparks jump out of his nostrils ;

kindles the coals, and a flame comes out of his mouth. Strength dwells on his neck, and terror runs before him The fleshy parts of his body are solidly united among themselves and do not flinch He boils the abyss like a cauldron, and turns the sea into a boiling ointment Leaves behind his own branching path the abyss seems like gray hair There is no one like him on earth ( Job 41.

10 25) Leviathan's skin CONSISTS OF SHIELDS tightly fitted to each other so that air does not pass between them. When Leviathan moves, it is preceded by a stinking fog.

LEMPO

See HIISHI

LEMURS

In Roman mythology, the sinister ghosts of the souls of the dead who were not buried in accordance with the custom of those who died a violent death, as well as the souls of criminals, etc. They roam the earth at night and send madness on people. 

LEMURS 

 

the days of the lemurs, when all the temples were closed and not a single marriage was performed.

To drive out the lemurs, a special rite was required Giava of the family got up at night and, having washed his hands three times, took black beans in his mouth, and then began to throw them over his shoulder and repeated nine times that he was redeeming himself and his loved ones with these beans. After that, he knocked on a copper basin nine times and demanded that the lemurs leave the house.

According to Ovid, the rite of exorcism of lemurs (which the poet sometimes identifies with manas) originates in ancient times:

“Before, the year was shorter, the February cleansings were not known.

Months was not the leader of Janus with a double face, -

Demons. Agate seal, Laconia

But even at that time gifts were brought before the ashes of the dead

And the sons honored their dead grandfathers.

The month appointed was May for the commemoration of the ancestors of the deceased,

And this part of the rite has been preserved to this day.

At midnight, when the silence came and everyone fell asleep,

The barking silenced the dogs and the chirping of the birds. Remembering the ancient rite and knowing how to fear God

Then he rises, taking off his shoes, barefoot:

He gives a sign with his fingers, pressing them to his thumb.

So that the disembodied shadow does not meet him.

Afterwards, they washed their hands with running water. He. turning away, he takes black beans in his hand:

Throwing them away, he says: “I throw these beans in order to protect myself and my people from you!”

Nine times he says this without looking back: they count.

What raises their shadow, following invisibly walking.

Touching the water again, he strikes the Temes honey

And he begs the shadow to leave from under his roof.

Repeating nine times: "Go away, father mans!" 

He. turning around. this ends the rite

But why is this day called Lemurius.

I don't know; only god can explain it to me*.*

*("Fasty" Translation by F Petrovsky)

It was believed that Remus founded Lemuria, whose ghost appeared to Akka Larentia. nurse of Remus and Romulus, and her husband Faustul Initially, according to some sources.

the holidays were not called Lemuria, but Remuria, that is, the days of Rem.

Leprehun

leprechauns

See leprechauns

leprechauns

In Irtan folklore, there are little shoemakers who constantly turn the same shoe. It is known that leprechauns are not averse to drinking, so they can often be found in wine cellars. They also adore tobacco and do not let their pipes out of their mouths. Leprechauns guard hidden treasures, the location of which can be found out if you catch a leprechaun and ask him about everything in detail, keeping an eye on the captive. But no one has ever managed to deceive a leprechaun: he will always find a way to wriggle out and run away.

leather apron with huge shiny buttons long blue stockings and high shoes with silver

The appearance of the leprechaun is very exotic - light skin, wrinkled face, bright red nose. The outfit is made up of a cocked hat, green pants and a vest with buckles of the size of the ramie, a little less than the shoes

Fairy tale g wears. that a certain woman saw a leprechaun in the field. Not at a loss, she grabbed him and demanded money. Leprehun 

The little shoemaker is hard to see in the grass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

began to refuse, then the woman took out a knife from her pocket and threatened to cut off his nose. He was frightened and promised to show the place where the treasure was buried. Suddenly, something hummed behind the woman.

- Out! - exclaimed the leprechaun. - Your swarm flew away!

The woman turned around and saw nothing. And the leprechaun, as soon as they looked away from him, was like that.

Another tale says that a certain young man heard a strange knock. Creeping up to the place where the knocking came from, he saw a leprechaun who was busily tapping on his shoe, from time to time scooping something out of a large earthenware vat. The young man seized the moment and firmly grabbed the baby. The leprechaun tried to distract the young man, hoping that he would turn away, but the young man figured out all his tricks. Then the leprechaun promised to give him his treasures and led him to a large field overgrown with weeds.

"Dig here," he said, pointing to a huge weed.

The young man did not take a shovel, he had to run home for it: he tied a weed with a red thread so as not to be confused with others.

Leprechauns run away from people - _ d t you no longer need? - inquired

century leprechaun.

“No,” the young man replied.

- Then be healthy. You will find exactly what you deserve.

The young man ran for a shovel and returned to the field. But there wasn't a single weed. And the red thread was lying on the ground.

LESOVIK

See Leshy. 

LESTRIGONS

In Greek mythology, a wonderful people, cannibal giants , whom Odysseus encountered during his wanderings. Imer, through the mouth of Odysseus, tells about this meeting as follows:

“Day and night for six days rushing through the waters, on the seventh

We arrived at the multi-gate city in the land of the Laestrigons.

Lamos. There, returning from the field, the shepherd calls

Enter the field for another: it would be easy for a sleepy worker

He could receive double pay there, driving out to graze

During the day, white-fleeced rams, and at night, crooked-horned bulls:

For there the flock of the day draws near to the flock of the night...

I chose two of our most efficient comrades

(The third was a herald with them) and sent them to find out what we

People who eat bread on a fruitful land, have they reached?

Odysseus in the Land of the Laestrigons. Fresco from a house in the Esquiline. 60-30 BC e. Rome, Vatican Library

A smooth road soon presented itself to them, along which

Firewood was delivered to the city on wagons from the surrounding mountains.

They met a strong maiden there: for water with a jug

She went out of the city: Laestrygon Antiphatus was her father ...

Approaching her, they said to her: “We wish to know,

Virgin, who governs this people and this country?”

The house of Antiphatus, her father, she pointed out to them.

Entering that high house, they are there to the wife of the lord

Met, the growth of a great mountain - they were horrified. 

KITE 

 

Demon plant. Max Ernst, "The Human Figure", 1931 Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm 

The same ordered from the assembly of King Antiphat

Summon: and he. running to the death of our comrades.

Greedily grabbed one and ate it when he saw the others

He threw іs to flight and quickly returned to the ships: he

He began to scream terribly and alarmed the whole city: at a loud

A cry from everywhere fled a crowd of motley mighty new

Many fled to their giants not like people

From steep cliffs they are through the force of lifting stones

They began to throw on the ships raised the alarm ha - terrible

The cry of the killed cracks from the wreckage of gear; here the unfortunate

Our companions, like fish, were imposed on stakes and into the city

Everyone was taken into custody. While perishing miserably

In the pier, the satellites, I bared a sharp sword, cut off

A strong rope on which my dark-nosed ship stood.

To the people gathered in horror, silently nodded his head

Encouraging them with all their might to fall on weight in order to avoid

Near disaster. .

My ship sailed out, while the others all perished irretrievably.*

*("Odyssey" Translated by Zhukovsky)

KITE

See FIRE serpent

LESHAK

See Leshy.

LOSHACHIKHI

See Foxes

Leshy

In the mythology of the Eastern Slavs, the owner of the forest and animals. It is believed that he prefers to settle in spruce forests - as a rule, in those behind which the pine forest begins.

lenticular, only the skin casts blue, because the goblin's blood is blue. The hair on his head is combed to the left, there is no trace of his right ear, as well as eyebrows and eyelashes. Usually the goblin is dressed in an animal skin or in a caftan, the left half of which is wrapped behind the right. His shoes are mixed up: the right shoe is on the left foot, and the left shoe is on the right. Echaza at the goblin burn with green fire. You can see the goblin through the horse's ear.

When he walks through the forest, he becomes as tall as the tallest tree, but may shrink to such an extent that he freely hides himself under a strawberry leaf. All animals and birds obey him. Hares and squirrels are in a special position for the goblin: they are a kind of "serfs" whom he can simply lose at cards to the neighboring goblin. According to S.V. Maksimov, if proteins“Moving in countless hordes and forgetting all fear of man, they run into big cities, jumping over rooftops, falling into chimneys and even jumping through windows. - the matter is clear - it means that the goblin were gambling with a whole artel, and the defeated side drove the loss into the possession of a happy opponent. According to the stories of old-timers, one of these grandiose games was played in 1859 between Russian and Siberian goblin, and the Russians won, and the blown Siberians then drove their loss out of the taiga ... "

By their liking, goblin are not so much malicious. how mischievous. However, their jokes are not distinguished by particular sophistication - rather, on the contrary. So, they “bypass” a person who has entered the forest. that is, they make them wander in one place for a long time, frightening them with loud screams, hooting and whistling (they are given one minute a day to lure people into the forest). They are also always willing to kidnap a girl or a woman. It is believed that a girl stolen by a goblin will never give birth. In addition, the goblin steals livestock from people and loves to tickle: the one who agreed to play with him, he can tickle to death.

F. F. Fedorovsky. Goblin. Costume design for N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Snow Maiden. 1910

It is not difficult to protect oneself from the goblin's leprosy: he is afraid of salt and fire, as well as obscene abuse (as D.K. Zelenin notes, "this is one of the reasons for the widespread use of such abuse among the Russian people"). By the way, you should be careful with swearing. 

S T Konenkov. Lesovik (goblin)

since many goblin do not tolerate it so much that they severely punish for a single curse, for example, if a woman in labor curses herself and the child in pain, such a child becomes the property of the goblin. The goblin takes this child to itself, and instead puts a changeling in its place. If the child was baptized at the time of birth, Leshii 6} children will have to wait seven years and then they will still lure them into the forest

You can also get rid of the goblin with the sign of the cross and prayer, or pronounce his favorite sentence “Shel. found, lost. The most common way is, having understood that the goblin is leading him, he must turn his clothes inside out (at least a jacket) and put the left boot on the right foot, and the right one on the left, or change the mittens accordingly. Then the goblin will take this about the person for his brother and stop fooling

In the North, there are legends that the forest king rules over all the goblin. Shepherds conclude agreements with simple goblin, and if the goblin violated the contract and stole the livestock of the forest, the king filed a complaint against this goblin, and in the forest at the crossroads they leave an egg or a rye flour cake as a victim

LESHUKHI

See Foxes

LESHIA

In Jain mythology, the aura of every living being, noticed only by those who have reached a certain stage of spiritual development. Leshya has a taste color and smell color indicates the moral qualities of the owner of the leshya There are six primary colors: black, blue, gray, orange, pink and white. The higher a person climbed the ladder of spiritual development (the more perfect the jiva, the brighter his teshya

LEADERS

In Hungarian folklore , a stray light that is able to take on a human form It converges with people who then fall ill because of this Another leader sends nightmares As a rule, it hatches from an egg that has been

under the arm of a person (cf. ideas about a basilisk and a fiery serpent). The leader brings all good to his master, but the connection with him exhausts the person. To get rid of the leader, you should give him an impossible task - for example, to bring water in a sieve. It is also believed that a wandering light marks the place where the treasure is buried.

LIECCIO

In Finnish folklore , stray lights curl over meadows and marshes. They portend misfortune and even death to travelers who follow them, mistaking them for the light from the windows of the farm. It is believed that liecchios are the spirits of children abducted by an evil witch . They can return to earth if someone agrees to replace them, so mothers warn their offspring to never run after stray lights.

Lilith. Augsburg, 1470

LIETHUONIS

In Latvian mythology, a creature related to the Slavic mara and Lithuanian lauma At night, lietuonis enters the house (it can even get through the keyhole), sits on the chest of the sleeping ones and begins to choke. He also drives horses to the point of exhaustion.

LILITH

1. Sumerian Lilithu

2. In Jewish mythology, evil female spirits are hairy and winged, something like European succubi. According to the Talmud, Adam and Eve gave birth to many liliths; therefore, men are not recommended to spend the night in the house alone. Lilith also corrupt babies, kidnap them, drink the blood of newborns, and suck the marrow out of their bones. In addition, they are responsible for the infertility of women. Subsequently, Lilith 

LIMINADES

the singular began to be considered the first wife of Adam.

1. In Sumerian mythology, a succubus. She visits the men at night, and the incublilu mates with the women. From these unions, demons and werewolves are born.

Lilith

LIMINADES

In Greek mythology , the nymphs of lakes and swamps.

LINCHETTI

In Italian folklore, demonic creatures that sneak into bedrooms through keyholes at night and sit on the chest of the sleeping. People take their breath away, old people can even die. And the young begin to be tormented by nightmares.

But Lynchetti is pretty easy to deal with. There are several ways. The first is to put a frying pan with bird food on the chest of a sleeping bird. Lynchette will overturn the pan, and the food will scatter on the floor. And since the linchetto does not tolerate disorder, he will begin to pick up grains and get so tired that he will not be up to mischief. Also linchetti

can't stand untwisting curled hair. The most reliable way is to turn on the light, get out of bed and go to the chamber pot, which should be in the far corner of the room. You need to sit on the potty, bite off a cheese sandwich and say: “May you fail! I eat bread and cheese, and the linchetto will fail.” Lynchetto will be filled with disgust and disappear, never to return.

Lynchetti climb not only into houses, but also into stalls. There they feed the animals they like and starve those they like.

dislike. They braid the horses' manes into pigtails, which must never be untangled, otherwise the horse will get sick and die.

The appearance of the linchetti is constantly changing: only long ears remain unchanged. The height of the linchetti is about two feet.

There is a story that a certain man could not begin a normal family life in any way: as soon as he and his wife went to bed, the linchetti began to torment him - they tickled, shoved, pinched. Wives one after another took offense at him and left. But when he married again, the new wife volunteered to help him. As soon as the Lynchetti began torturing her husband, she asked them to deliver the letter to India. The fairies disappeared, but reappeared a few minutes later. Then the woman sent them first to the Cape of Good Hope, then to North and South America. Nothing worked on the Lynchetti - they returned in the blink of an eye. Then the woman gave them a curled pubic hair and said:

- I want it to be straight by tomorrow morning.

Nightmares. Painting by the Swiss Henry Fussli "Nightmare", XVIII century

Only in the morning did she and her husband realize that the Lynchetti had disappeared somewhere.

- Well, how. not straightened? the woman asked.

- Can not. said a thin voice.

- And in the yard, by the way, it's already morning.

The Lynchetti howled, tossed a hair, and ran out of the house.

TENCH

See QILIN. 

linyu

See BEYU.

LISUN

See Leshy.

FOXES

In the mythology of the Eastern Slavs, the wives of goblin. Their main distinguishing feature is long breasts thrown over their shoulders. From goblin, foxes give birth to children - leshi. Thunderclaps often turn foxes into wolverines

A. N. Afanasiev recounts the legend of a woman who found a baby lechen in the forest. He lay naked and wept bitterly. The woman covered the baby with her scroll - and then a fox appeared, which rewarded the woman with a handful of hot coals. When the woman returned home, it turned out that the coals had turned into golden gold coins.

It is curious that there are similar characters in Czech folklore. According to the testimony of the same A.N. Afanasyev, “they are distinguished by a wild and vicious disposition, they are covered in wasps, long loose braids flutter through the air, their chests are so large that when washing clothes . they use them instead of rolls; they wear red caps on their heads.”

FAMOUSLY

In the mythology of the Eastern Slavs, a demonic creature, the personification of an evil fate. This is a thin one-eyed woman * or a one-eyed giant or giantess. She devours people As it is said in one fairy tale, “He famously rests on a bed of human bones, his head lies on the pommel and his legs rest against the stove . Sometimes he quietly appears completely blind, but more often; - precisely one-eyed In addition to Dashing, the fairy tale also knows Dolya and Nedolya. Woe to Misfortune and similar characters.

A N Afanasiev retells the tale of a blacksmith who will go looking for famously He stopped for the night in the hut of a giantess who wanted to eat him The blacksmith cunningly gouged out her eyes but could not get out of the hut: the blacksmith sat down at the door The next morning she began to let out sheep for grazing and then the blacksmith turned his sheepskin coat inside out and crawled on all fours, pretending to be a ram (obvious

a roll call with the Greek myth of Odysseus and the Cyclops Polyphemus - K.K.). Having escaped to freedom, the blacksmith went through the forest and saw a golden ax stuck in a tree. As soon as he wanted to take it, his hand stuck to the ax handle. And the giantess, who gave chase, was already overtaking. The blacksmith had no choice but to cut off his hand. That's how he found famously.

FEVER

In Russian folklore , demons personify diseases. As a rule, there are twelve fevers. They live underground and appear as ugly women: stunted, always hungry, sometimes blind and armless. The eldest of the fevers is chained with twelve chains to an iron chair; if she breaks the chains and takes possession of a man, he will certainly die. Fever calls people at night: whoever responds will definitely get sick. According to A. N. Afanasiev, a fever can also turn into “a mote or a fly, the prepared food falls and enters the human womb with it. But if someone guesses to throw this mote or fly into the oven, then the fever will burn out; and if you put it in an eggshell and hang it in a pipe, the fever will be terribly tormented.

Each of the fevers has its own “addictions”. One discourages food, the second drives sleep, the third sucks blood, the fourth pulls the veins, etc. The names of the fever are as follows: Shaking - from the word "shake"; Fire - from the word "fire", that is, internal heat; Ledeya or Chill - you can’t get warm from it; Oppressive - she lies on a person's ribs and presses: Grynusha or Grudeya - from her there are hoarseness and cough; Lomea - it breaks bones; Deaf - lays ears from her; Pukhneya - a person swells from it; Yellowing - from it the patient's skin becomes yellow; Korkushaor Korcheya - convulsions begin from it; Looking , she suffers from insomnia; Ogneyastra or Neveya - from the word "nav", the eldest of the sisters, promising death to the sick. Sometimes in this list, instead of the above names, others appear: Suheya, Yawn, Vomit. Sipping, sleepy. Pale, light. Spring. Deciduous, Water and Blue. 

The voodoo cult knows many bloodthirsty spirits

And N. Afanasyev cites the text of an ancient Russian conspiracy against fevers: “At the black sea stands a pillar. on that pillar is a stone, on that stone sits the holy father Sisiny and looks at the black sea. And the sea was indignant to the eye. and out of the sea came twelve wives with simple hair, an accursed vision of the devil. And the holy father Sisinius asked them. that there are evil wives bestial? They answered him we - the accursed shakers, the daughters of Herod, who removed the head from John the Baptist. The holy father Sisinius asked: why did they come? - We are going to the land of Holy Russia, the human race is torturing - to damage the body, break bones, drive into the coffin: if anyone does evil.

drunk, overeats, mass and matins wakes up. He does not pray to God, we torment those with different torments ...

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, you damned shakers! I conjure you by the holy father Sisinius. Michael the Archangel and the four evangelists, run away from the servant of God (name) in three days. for three races: if you do not run away from the servant of God, then I will call on you the great apostle Sisinius. Michael the Archangel and the four evangelists Luke Mark. Matthew. John, and they will torture you, they will give you three hundred wounds a day.”

This conspiracy should be read by the priest, after which the patient is given to drink water from the cross, saying: • The cross is the guardian of the Christians, the cross is the glory of the angels, the cross is the power of the kings, the cross is the ailments, the demons and shakers are the chaser, the cross is the servant of God (name) fence " .

In I.P. Sakharov, a similar conspiracy sounds somewhat different . under that oak tree sit thirteen elders with the elder Paphnutius. Twelve maidens, simple-haired, with simple girdles, are coming towards them. And the elder Paphnutius spoke. with three to ten elders: who are these who come to us? And the twelve maidens said to him: We are Iar 

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Herod's daughters, let's go to the whole world, chill the bones, torment the body. And the elder Pafnuty said to his elders: break three rods, so we will beat them three morning dawns, three evening dawns. I prayed to the twelve virgins to the thirteen elders with the elder Paphnutius. And not nearly as fast as their prayer. And the elders began to beat them, saying: Oh, you are twelve maidens! Be shaky, watery, relaxed, and live on the water as a student, don’t go into the world, don’t shiver your bones, don’t torment your body. Twelve maidens ran away to the water, students, shaking, watery, relaxed. .."

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In Welsh folklore, water fairies, whose nickname means "water jumpers". They tear fishing nets, devour sheep that accidentally fall into the water; they also emit heart-rending cries, frightening the fishermen, who freeze in a daze: then the jumpers grab them and drag them to the bottom. Jumpers look like huge toads with wings and a tail.