Today's first creature is Baba Yaga, a very fearsome looking witch. She has a nose so long that when she sleeps, her chicken legged hut shakes and rattles! According to Russian and Slavic Stories, whenever she appears, a wind seems to blow and trees begin to creak slowly.
Bagiennik was the Slavic name for water demons. They were loyal subjects to Wąda, the Queen of the Underwater Lawns. They lived in rivers and lakes and according to myths, they are able to produce a very oily substance from their nostrils, and the substance was so hot that it burned any victim, but it could cure many serious illnesses.
Bannik is the bathroom/bathhouse spirit in Slavic Mythology. The bathroom is a very scary place to be if you make this spirit angry! For example, if you have made Bannik angry, he could suffocate you or make your home burn down to the ground!
Blud is one of the many Slavic fairies. She is evil and she causes much disorientation. Her name and herself are said to come from the devil and from forbidden sexualism between two people that aren't married to one another.
Bozalosc is a death messenger spirit in Slavic Mythology. No one knows exactly how she looks like. Some people describe her as a woman in white with long braided hair and red eyes. One Slav described her as a little woman with long hair, about to cry because someone has just died.
Bukavac is a demonic creature that was sometimes imagined as being six legged, with very fearsome horns. According to myths, he lives in lakes and waits for someone in the night. He then jumps out, makes very loud noises and strangles the unsuspecting person/animal.
Cikavac is a bird with a long beak and a pelican like huge gape. It could be obtained by oneself by stealing a black hen's egg, which would be carried by a woman under her armpit for 40 days, and at this time the woman must not confess, cut nails, wash her face or pray.
Cuma is a Slavic creature that brings plague across. It was imagined as an old woman dressed completely in white, and very rarely was she imagined as young. She were believed to live far away from people, and when the time is right, come out into the Slavic world and spread plague.
Indrik is a beast believed to be the king of all animals. He is also believed to live on the 'Holy Mountain'. Some people described Indrik as being a rhinoceros and sometimes referred to as a Slavic 'unicorn'.
Today's final creature is Likho, a creature of evil fate and misfortune in the Slavic world. It has one eye and is depicted as an old woman in black, but it can also be as a male goblin who lives in a forest. There are many stories about Likho and one of the stories contains this ending/moral: A person cheats Likho and he/she chases him, sees something valuable, grabs it in greed and having it stuck to it, and the consequence is cutting it off.
Thanks for reading today's blog! See you tomorrow for my final post! Bye! :-(
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