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searchaux" style="display:none">Slavic mythological creature</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Kikimora_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Kikimora (disambiguation)">Kikimora (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kikimora.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Kikimora.jpg/220px-Kikimora.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Kikimora.jpg/330px-Kikimora.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Kikimora.jpg/440px-Kikimora.jpg 2x" data-file-width="466" data-file-height="633" /></a><figcaption>Illustration of a Kikimora (1934) by <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Bilibin" title="Ivan Bilibin">Ivan Bilibin</a> (1876–1942). (Kikimora as house-spirit and guardian of chickens - hence her depiction in chicken-like form).</figcaption></figure><p><b>Kikimora</b> (Ukrainian and Russian: <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">кикимора</span></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ru-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian" title="Help:IPA/Russian">[kʲɪˈkʲimərə]</a></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Legendary_creature" title="Legendary creature">legendary creature</a>, a female <a href="/wiki/House_spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="House spirit">house spirit</a> in <a href="/wiki/Slavic_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic mythology">Slavic mythology</a>. Her role in the house is usually juxtaposed with that of the <a href="/wiki/Domovoy" title="Domovoy">domovoy</a>. The kikimora can either be a "bad" or a "good" spirit, which will depend on the behavior of the homeowner.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In more recent times an image of kikimora as a female <a href="/wiki/Swamp_spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Swamp spirit">swamp spirit</a> had developed. </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kikimora&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most sources link the suffix -<i>mora</i> with the <a href="/wiki/Proto-Slavic" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Slavic">Proto-Slavic</a> *<i>morà</i> ('nightly spirit, bad dream') and the <a href="/wiki/Proto-Germanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Germanic">Proto-Germanic</a> *<i>marōn</i> (<i>id.</i>), as in the modern English <a href="/wiki/Nightmare" title="Nightmare">nightmare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-OED_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_folklore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polish folklore (page does not exist)">Polish folklore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mora_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mora (mythology)">mora</a> are the souls of living people that leave the body during the night, and are seen as wisps of straw or hair or as moths. Accordingly, <a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a> <i>mora</i>, <a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a> <i>můra</i> denote both a kind of elf or spirit as well as a "<a href="/wiki/Sphinx_moth" class="mw-redirect" title="Sphinx moth">sphinx moth</a>" or "night butterfly".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other <a href="/wiki/Slavic_languages" title="Slavic languages">Slavic languages</a> with cognates that have the double meaning of <a href="/wiki/Moth" title="Moth">moth</a> are: <a href="/wiki/Kashubian_language" title="Kashubian language">Kashubian</a> <i>mòra</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Slovak_language" title="Slovak language">Slovak</a> <i>mora</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-KSSJ_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSSJ-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Slovene, Croatian and Serbian, <i>mora</i> refers to a "nightmare". <i>Mora</i> or <i>Mara</i> is one of the spirits from ancient Slav mythology. Mara was a dark spirit that takes a form of a beautiful woman and then visits men in their dreams, torturing them with desire, and dragging life out of them. In Serbia, a mare is called <i>mora</i>, or <i>noćnik/noćnica</i> ("night creature", masculine and feminine respectively).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Romania they were known as <i><a href="/wiki/Moroi" title="Moroi">Moroi</a></i>. </p><p>The word <i>kikimora</i> may have derived from the <a href="/wiki/Udmurt_language" title="Udmurt language">Udmurt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Finno-Ugric_languages" title="Finno-Ugric languages">Finno-Ugric</a>) word <i>kikka-murt</i>, meaning <i>scarecrow</i> (literally <i>bag-made person</i>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kikimora&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The origin of the kikimora comes from the 8th to 13th century when <a href="/wiki/Slavic_paganism" title="Slavic paganism">Slavic paganism</a> was slowly subsumed by <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>. However, even after Christianity took hold in the Slavic regions, the belief of the kikimora was still strong. Belief in the entity still continues today where it is imbued with old Slavic folk religion and Christianity's concept of demonic forces.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features_and_behaviours">Features and behaviours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kikimora&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Features and behaviours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kikimora_by_Hippius_04.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Kikimora_by_Hippius_04.png/220px-Kikimora_by_Hippius_04.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Kikimora_by_Hippius_04.png/330px-Kikimora_by_Hippius_04.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Kikimora_by_Hippius_04.png/440px-Kikimora_by_Hippius_04.png 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="963" /></a><figcaption>Child frightened by shy (house) Kikimora by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatiana_Nikolayevna_Hippius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tatiana Nikolayevna Hippius (page does not exist)">Tatiana Nikolayevna Hippius</a> (1877–1957).</figcaption></figure><p>The kikimora might have the snout of a dog, a chicken beak or can even resemble a goat-like entity with glowing eyes and horns. In fact, it can take any part of an animal's face or body. It is always feminine and can appear as an old woman or a beautiful girl. She might even appear as a deceased family member.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The swamp kikimora is usually described as a small, ugly, hunchbacked, thin, and scruffy old woman with a pointed nose and disheveled hair. She was said to use moss and grass as clothes. It was believed that she frightens people, knocks travelers off the road or even drowns them. She also kidnaps children.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is a common belief that <i>mora</i> enters the room through the keyhole, sits on the chest of the sleepers and tries to strangle them (hence <i>moriti</i>, "to torture", "to bother", "to strangle"). To repel <i>moras</i>, children are advised to look at the window or to turn the pillow and make a sign of cross on it (<i>prekrstiti jastuk</i>); in the early 19th century, <a href="/wiki/Vuk_Karad%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Vuk Karadžić">Vuk Karadžić</a> mentions that people would repel <i>moras</i> by leaving a broom upside down behind the door, or putting their belt on top of their sheets, or saying an elaborate prayer poem before they go to sleep.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are two different kinds of kikimoras. The one that comes from the forest is married to the <a href="/wiki/Domovoi" class="mw-redirect" title="Domovoi">Domovoi</a>. The other one comes from the swamp (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">кикимора болотная</span>) and is married to <a href="/wiki/Leshy" title="Leshy">Leshy</a>. It is said that she can be identified by her wet footprints. When home builders wanted to cause harm to someone buying a house, they would bring in kikimora. Once she is inside, it is difficult to get her to leave. </p><p>There is a Russian <a href="/wiki/Bailichka" class="mw-redirect" title="Bailichka">bylichka</a> about one swamp kikimora, who loved to brew beer. Her name was Baba Bolotnitsa (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Баба-болотница</span>). When she was brewing beer, fog rose over the river (or swamp).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the house is in order, kikimora looks after the chickens and housework. If not, she whistles, breaks dishes, and makes noises at night. She also comes out at night to <a href="/wiki/Spinning_(textiles)" title="Spinning (textiles)">spin thread</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kikimora&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kikimora_im_Sumpf_by_V.I._Denisov_(priv.coll).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Kikimora_im_Sumpf_by_V.I._Denisov_%28priv.coll%29.jpg/220px-Kikimora_im_Sumpf_by_V.I._Denisov_%28priv.coll%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Kikimora_im_Sumpf_by_V.I._Denisov_%28priv.coll%29.jpg/330px-Kikimora_im_Sumpf_by_V.I._Denisov_%28priv.coll%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Kikimora_im_Sumpf_by_V.I._Denisov_%28priv.coll%29.jpg/440px-Kikimora_im_Sumpf_by_V.I._Denisov_%28priv.coll%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="548" data-file-height="449" /></a><figcaption>Swamp kikimora (кикимора болотная), after which the spider <i><a href="/wiki/Kikimora_palustris" title="Kikimora palustris">Kikimora palustris</a></i> is named. Art work by <a href="/wiki/Symbolism_(arts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Symbolism (arts)">symbolist</a> painter <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vasiliy_Ivanovich_Denisov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vasiliy Ivanovich Denisov (page does not exist)">Vasiliy Ivanovich Denisov</a> (1862–1922).</figcaption></figure> <p>The legendary kikimora provides the basis of <i>Kikimora</i> (op. 63), a <a href="/wiki/Tone_poem" class="mw-redirect" title="Tone poem">tone poem</a> for <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestra</a> by <a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Lyadov" title="Anatoly Lyadov">Anatoly Lyadov</a>. Lyadov wrote that she "grows up with a magician in the mountains. From dawn to sunset the magician’s cat regales kikimora with fantastic tales of ancient times and faraway places, as kikimora rocks in a cradle made of crystal. It takes her seven years to reach maturity, by which time her head is no larger than a thimble and her body no wider than a strand of straw. Kikimora spins flax from dusk and to dawn, with evil intentions for the world."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> "<a href="/wiki/New_Age" title="New Age">New Age</a>" writer <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Megre" title="Vladimir Megre">Vladimir Megre</a> mentions the kikimora in <i>The Space of Love</i>, Book 3 of his "Ringing Cedars" series. Megre likens a man who marries unwisely based on looks and fashion to one who marries a kikimora. A footnote in the English version describes the kikimora as a malevolent female ghost said to attach itself to a particular house and disturb the inhabitants, males in particular. By extension, the term may also suggest an ugly woman in shabby clothing, ill-tempered and grumbling, striving to make the life of her husband (and men in general) unbearable.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988, <a href="/wiki/Kirill_Eskov" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirill Eskov">Kirill Eskov</a> discovered and described a new genus and species of <a href="/wiki/Linyphiidae" title="Linyphiidae">sheetweaver spider</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kikimora_palustris" title="Kikimora palustris">Kikimora palustris</a></i>, named after this spirit. </p><p>The 2015 video game <i><a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_3:_Wild_Hunt" title="The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt">The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt</a></i> and 2019 television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Witcher_(TV_series)" title="The Witcher (TV series)">The Witcher</a></i> both include depictions of kikimory.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kikimora is an antagonistic character in the animated TV show <i><a href="/wiki/The_Owl_House" title="The Owl House">The Owl House</a></i>. It has no relation to the folklore character. </p><p>Infantry in Russia and Ukraine use <i>kikimora</i> <a href="/wiki/Camouflage" title="Camouflage">camouflage</a> clothing - ragged and mossy-looking - to blend into appropriate landscapes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_analysis">Cultural analysis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kikimora&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cultural analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The concept of the kikimora is thought to serve basic functions and duties of the household. A kikimora would haunt a household if a woman did not keep a clean house; if a husband was lazy or abusive; or if children were poorly disciplined. Reversing one's behaviour is believed to remove her presence from the house. Besides that, the kikimora entity is thought to console or explain tragic events like the death of a family member or the loss of household items.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kikimora&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Kikimora/">"Kikimora"</a>. <i>World History Encyclopedia</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.geocities.com/mabcosmic/polish/pspirits.html">the original</a> on 2009-10-25.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Polish+Supernatural+Spirits&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2Fmabcosmic%2Fpolish%2Fpspirits.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKikimora" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGlass" class="citation web cs1">Glass, Herbert. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907003727/http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/music/kikimora-anatoly-liadov">"Anatoly Liadov: Kikimora"</a>. <i>Philpedia</i>. Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. 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Wights and Elves"</a>, <i>Teutonic Mythology</i>, vol. 2, translated by James Steven Stallybrass, W. Swan Sonnenschein & Allen, pp. 439–517</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=XVII.+Wights+and+Elves&rft.btitle=Teutonic+Mythology&rft.pages=439-517&rft.pub=W.+Swan+Sonnenschein+%26+Allen&rft.date=1883&rft.aulast=Grimm&rft.aufirst=Jacob&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8ektAAAAIAAJ%26pg%3DPA439&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKikimora" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPócs1999" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/%C3%89va_P%C3%B3cs" title="Éva Pócs">Pócs, Éva</a> (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=b4d-AAAAMAAJ"><i>Between the living and the dead: a perspective on witches and seers in the early modern age</i></a>. 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Belobog">Chernobog and Belobog</a><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernoglav" title="Chernoglav">Chernoglav</a><sup>F</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dazhbog" title="Dazhbog">Dazhbog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devana" title="Devana">Devana</a><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dyi_(mythology)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dyi (mythology) (page does not exist)">Dyi</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8B%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:Дый">ru</a>]</span><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diviya_(mythology)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diviya (mythology) (page does not exist)">Diviya</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="ru:Дивия">ru</a>; <a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diviya" class="extiw" title="uz:Diviya">uz</a>]</span><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khors" title="Khors">Khors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kresnik_(deity)" title="Kresnik (deity)">Kresnik</a><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lada_(goddess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lada (goddess)">Lada mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morana_(goddess)" title="Morana (goddess)">Morana</a><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mokosh" title="Mokosh">Mokosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pizamar" title="Pizamar">Pizamar</a><sup>H</sup><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarilo" title="Yarilo">Yarilo</a><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hennil" title="Hennil">Hennil</a><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyi_(mythology)" title="Kyi (mythology)">Kyi</a><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lel_and_Polel" title="Lel and Polel">Lel and Polel</a><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niya_(mythology)" title="Niya (mythology)">Niya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perun" title="Perun">Perun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Podaga" title="Podaga">Podaga</a><sup>F</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porenut" title="Porenut">Porenut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porevit" title="Porevit">Porevit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prove_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prove (mythology)">Prove</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="ru:Прове">ru</a>]</span> or Prone<sup>F</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radegast_(god)" title="Radegast (god)">Radegast</a><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_(Slavic_religion)" title="Rod (Slavic religion)">Rod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugiaevit" title="Rugiaevit">Rugiaevit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pereplut" title="Pereplut">Pereplut</a><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perperuna" class="mw-redirect" title="Perperuna">Perperuna</a><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simargl" title="Simargl">Simargl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stribog" title="Stribog">Stribog</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pogoda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pogoda (page does not exist)">Pogoda</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F)" class="extiw" title="ru:Погода (мифология)">ru</a>; <a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kult_v%C4%9Btru_u_Slovan%C5%AF" class="extiw" title="cs:Kult větru u Slovanů">cs</a>; <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogoda" class="extiw" title="fr:Dogoda">fr</a>]</span><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zelu_(mythology)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zelu (mythology) (page does not exist)">Zelu</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelu" class="extiw" title="cs:Zelu">cs</a>]</span><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svarog" title="Svarog">Svarog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svarozhits" title="Svarozhits">Svarozhits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svetovit" title="Svetovit">Svetovit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triglav_(mythology)" title="Triglav (mythology)">Triglav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veles_(god)" title="Veles (god)">Veles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarovit" title="Yarovit">Yarovit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%BDiva_(mythology)" title="Živa (mythology)">Zhiva</a><sup>F</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zorya" title="Zorya">Zorya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%BBywie" class="mw-redirect" title="Żywie">Żywie</a><sup>H</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Personifications</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dola_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dola (mythology)">Dola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karna_and_Zhelya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karna and Zhelya (page does not exist)">Karna and Zhelya</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B8_%D0%96%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="ru:Карна и Желя">ru</a>]</span><sup>H</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koliada_(deity)" title="Koliada (deity)">Koliada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mat_Zemlya" title="Mat Zemlya">Mat Zemlya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moryana" title="Moryana">Moryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_(Slavic_religion)" title="Rod (Slavic religion)">Rod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deities_and_fairies_of_fate_in_Slavic_mythology" title="Deities and fairies of fate in Slavic mythology">Rozhanitsy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zorya" title="Zorya">Zorya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Slavic_pseudo-deities" title="List of Slavic pseudo-deities">Pseudo-deities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chislobog" title="Chislobog">Chislobog</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chur_(mythology)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chur (mythology) (page does not exist)">Chur</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%83%D1%80" class="extiw" title="ru:Чур">ru</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dana_(mythology)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dana (mythology) (page does not exist)">Dana</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F)" class="extiw" title="ru:Дана (славянская мифология)">ru</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzidzileyla" class="mw-redirect" title="Dzidzileyla">Dzidzileyla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flins_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flins (mythology)">Flins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krodo" title="Krodo">Krodo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kupala" title="Kupala">Kupala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lada_(mythology)" title="Lada (mythology)">Lada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lelya_(mythology)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lelya (mythology) (page does not exist)">Lelya</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="ru:Леля">ru</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pogvizd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pogvizd (page does not exist)">Pogvizd</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a 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title="Vedmak">Vedmak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volkhv" title="Volkhv">Volkhv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhrets" title="Zhrets">Zhrets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_shamanism" title="Slavic shamanism">Shamanism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bogatyr" title="Bogatyr">Legendary heroes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alyosha_Popovich" title="Alyosha Popovich">Alyosha Popovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burislav" title="Burislav">Burislav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Kantakouzene" title="Irene Kantakouzene">Damned Jerina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%90erzelez_Alija" class="mw-redirect" title="Đerzelez Alija">Đerzelez Alija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dobrynya_Nikitich" title="Dobrynya Nikitich">Dobrynya Nikitich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Husein_Grada%C5%A1%C4%8Devi%C4%87" title="Husein Gradaščević">Dragon of Bosnia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrnjica_Brothers" title="Hrnjica Brothers">Hrnjica Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilya_Muromets" title="Ilya Muromets">Ilya Muromets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Kosan%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Ivan Kosančić">Ivan Kosančić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Tsarevich" title="Ivan Tsarevich">Ivan Tsarevich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugovi%C4%87_brothers" title="Jugović brothers">Jugović brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyi,_Shchek_and_Khoryv" title="Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv">Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lech,_Czech,_and_Rus%27" class="mw-redirect" title="Lech, Czech, and Rus'">Lech, Czech, and Rus'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libu%C5%A1e" title="Libuše">Libuše</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikula_Selyaninovich" title="Mikula Selyaninovich">Mikula Selyaninovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mila_Gojsali%C4%87" title="Mila Gojsalić">Mila Gojsalić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milan_Toplica" title="Milan Toplica">Milan Toplica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Obili%C4%87" title="Miloš Obilić">Miloš Obilić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misizla" title="Misizla">Misizla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustay-Bey_of_Lika" title="Mustay-Bey of Lika">Mustay-Bey of Lika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikita_the_Tanner" title="Nikita the Tanner">Nikita the Tanner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popiel" title="Popiel">Popiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Marko" title="Prince Marko">Prince Marko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadko" title="Sadko">Sadko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nightingale_the_Robber" title="Nightingale the Robber">Solovey-Razboynik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svyatogor" title="Svyatogor">Svyatogor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasilisa_the_Beautiful" title="Vasilisa the Beautiful">Vasilisa the Beautiful</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volga_Svyatoslavich" title="Volga Svyatoslavich">Volga Svyatoslavich</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Supernatural_beings_in_Slavic_religion" title="Supernatural beings in Slavic religion">Legendary creatures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unquiet dead</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vila_(fairy)" title="Vila (fairy)">Vila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drekavac" title="Drekavac">Drekavac</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kikimora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavka" title="Mavka">Mavka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upi%C3%B3r" title="Upiór">Upiór</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Place spirits</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bannik" title="Bannik">Bannik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolotnik" title="Bolotnik">Bolotnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornflower_Wraith" title="Cornflower Wraith">Cornflower Wraith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domovoy" title="Domovoy">Domovoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dvorovoy" title="Dvorovoy">Dvorovoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Midday" title="Lady Midday">Lady Midday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leshy" title="Leshy">Leshy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boruta_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boruta (mythology)">Boruta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mistress_of_the_Copper_Mountain" title="The Mistress of the Copper Mountain">Mistress of the Copper Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moryana" title="Moryana">Moryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovinnik" title="Ovinnik">Ovinnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polevik" title="Polevik">Polevik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vodyanoy" title="Vodyanoy">Vodyanoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shubin_(ghost)" title="Shubin (ghost)">Shubin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_water_spirits" title="Slavic water spirits">Water spirits</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Entities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ala_(demon)" title="Ala (demon)">Ala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alkonost" title="Alkonost">Alkonost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baba_Yaga" title="Baba Yaga">Baba Yaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babay_(Slavic_folklore)" title="Babay (Slavic folklore)">Babay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba%C5%A1_%C4%8Celik" title="Baš Čelik">Baš Čelik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bauk_(mythology)" title="Bauk (mythology)">Bauk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berehynia" class="mw-redirect" title="Berehynia">Berehynia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bies" title="Bies">Bies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Arab_(mythology)" title="Black Arab (mythology)">Black Arab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C5%82%C4%99dnica_(Slavic_demoness)" title="Błędnica (Slavic demoness)">Błędnica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blud" title="Blud">Blud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boginki" class="mw-redirect" title="Boginki">Boginki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukavac" title="Bukavac">Bukavac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernava" title="Chernava">Chernava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuhaister" title="Chuhaister">Chuhaister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cikavac" title="Cikavac">Cikavac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chort" title="Chort">Chort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%8Cuma" title="Čuma">Čuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dukljan" title="Dukljan">Dukljan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dziwo%C5%BCona" title="Dziwożona">Dziwożona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fern_flower" title="Fern flower">Fern flower</a>-<a href="/wiki/Chervona_Ruta" class="mw-redirect" title="Chervona Ruta">Chervona Ruta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firebird_(Slavic_folklore)" title="Firebird (Slavic folklore)">Firebird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gagana" title="Gagana">Gagana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamayun" title="Gamayun">Gamayun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indrik" title="Indrik">Indrik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ispolin" title="Ispolin">Ispolin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karze%C5%82ek" title="Karzełek">Karzełek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koshchei" title="Koshchei">Koshchei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krsnik_(vampire_hunter)" title="Krsnik (vampire hunter)">Krsnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Likho" title="Likho">Likho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Likhoradka" title="Likhoradka">Likhoradka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mare_(folklore)" title="Mare (folklore)">Mare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meduza_(Russian_folklore)" title="Meduza (Russian folklore)">Meduza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molfar" title="Molfar">Molfar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nav_(Slavic_folklore)" title="Nav (Slavic folklore)">Nav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nocnitsa" title="Nocnitsa">Nocnitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C5%82anetnik" title="Płanetnik">Płanetnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Povitrulya" title="Povitrulya">Povitrulya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psoglav" title="Psoglav">Psoglav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rar%C3%B3g" title="Raróg">Raróg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahmans" title="Rahmans">Rahmans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raskovnik" title="Raskovnik">Raskovnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deities_and_fairies_of_fate_in_Slavic_mythology" title="Deities and fairies of fate in Slavic mythology">Rozhanitsy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusalka" title="Rusalka">Rusalka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samodiva_(folklore)" title="Samodiva (folklore)">Samodiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirin" title="Sirin">Sirin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shishiga" title="Shishiga">Shishiga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skrzak" title="Skrzak">Skrzak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strzyga" title="Strzyga">Strzyga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuha%C4%87" title="Stuhać">Stuhać</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stricha" title="Stricha">Stricha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudice_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sudice (mythology)">Sudice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tintilini%C4%87" title="Tintilinić">Tintilinić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topielec" title="Topielec">Topielec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ved_(mythology)" title="Ved (mythology)">Ved</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vesna_(mythology)" title="Vesna (mythology)">Vesna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zduha%C4%87" title="Zduhać">Zduhać</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_dragon" title="Slavic dragon">Zmey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werewolf" title="Werewolf">Werewolf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ritual figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baba_Marta" title="Baba Marta">Baba Marta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_(mythology)" title="German (mythology)">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodola_and_Perperuna" title="Dodola and Perperuna">Dodola and Perperuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koliada_(deity)" title="Koliada (deity)">Koliada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kupala" title="Kupala">Kupala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kostroma_(deity)" title="Kostroma (deity)">Kostroma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marzanna" class="mw-redirect" title="Marzanna">Marzanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maslenitsa" title="Maslenitsa">Maslenitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarilo" class="mw-redirect" title="Jarilo">Jarilo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mythological places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alatyr_(mythology)" title="Alatyr (mythology)">Alatyr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bald_Mountain_(folklore)" title="Bald Mountain (folklore)">Bald Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buyan" title="Buyan">Buyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faraway_Tsardom" title="Faraway Tsardom">Faraway Tsardom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oponskoye_Kingdom" title="Oponskoye Kingdom">Oponskoye Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitezh" title="Kitezh">Kitezh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lukomorye" title="Lukomorye">Lukomorye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iriy" title="Iriy">Vyraj</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Objects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Axe_of_Perun" title="Axe of Perun">Axe of Perun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword_Kladenets" title="Sword Kladenets">Sword Kladenets</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Beliefs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_creation_myth" title="Slavic creation myth">Creation myth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_traditions_and_superstitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian traditions and superstitions">Russian traditions and superstitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_folk_astronomy" title="Serbian folk astronomy">Serbian folk astronomy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Slavic_folklore" title="Slavic folklore">Folklore</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Czech_folklore" title="Czech folklore">Czech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folklore_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Folklore of Russia">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_folklore" title="Serbian folklore">Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_folklore" title="Ukrainian folklore">Ukrainian</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_folklore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polish folklore (page does not exist)">Polish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bosniak_epic_poetry" title="Bosniak epic poetry">Bosniak epic poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bylina" title="Bylina">Bylina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_fairy_tale" title="Russian fairy tale">Russian fairy tale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_epic_poetry" title="Serbian epic poetry">Serbian epic poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_fairy_tale" title="Ukrainian fairy tale">Ukrainian fairy tale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_the_Slavs" title="Christianization of the Slavs">Christianization</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Moravia" title="Christianization of Moravia">Moravia</a> (830s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Bulgaria" title="Christianization of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> (860s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Bohemia" title="Christianization of Bohemia">Bohemia</a> (880s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Poland" title="Christianization of Poland">Poland</a> (960s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianisation_of_Kievan_Rus%27" class="mw-redirect" title="Christianisation of Kievan Rus'">Kievan Rus'</a> (980s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Pomerania" title="Christianization of Pomerania">Pomerania</a> (1120s–60s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogomilism" title="Bogomilism">Bogomilism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Folk_Orthodoxy" title="Folk Orthodoxy">Folk practices</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apocryphal_prayer" title="Apocryphal prayer">Apocryphal prayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zagovory" title="Zagovory">Zagovory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egg_decorating_in_Slavic_culture" title="Egg decorating in Slavic culture">Egg decoration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martenitsa" title="Martenitsa">Martenitsa</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Folk_cults_(also_including_Ossetian)" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Folk cults (also including Ossetian)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ognyena_Maria" title="Ognyena Maria">Ognyena Maria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraskeva_of_Iconium" class="mw-redirect" title="Paraskeva of Iconium">Paraskeva of Iconium</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paraskeva_Friday" title="Paraskeva Friday">Paraskeva Friday</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_the_Wonderworker" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas the Wonderworker">Nicholas the Wonderworker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veles_(god)" title="Veles (god)">Veles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah" title="Elijah">Ilya the Prophet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uacilla" title="Uacilla">Uacilla</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_George" title="Saint George">George the Victorious</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dazhbog" title="Dazhbog">Dazhbog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uastyrdzhi" title="Uastyrdzhi">Uastyrdzhi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anastasia_of_Serbia" title="Anastasia of Serbia">Saint Anastasia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nedelya" title="Saint Nedelya">Saint Nedelya</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Blaise" title="Saint Blaise">Saint Vlasius</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Veles_(god)" title="Veles (god)">Veles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maslenitsa" title="Maslenitsa">Maslenitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Saint Peter</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donbettyr" title="Donbettyr">Donbettyr</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Tiron" title="Theodore Tiron">Saint Theodore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tutyr" title="Tutyr">Tutyr</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Eustace" title="Saint Eustace">Saint Eustace</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apsat_(mythology)" title="Apsat (mythology)">Apsat</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Revivalist organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/God-Building" title="God-Building">God-Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_Native_Faith" title="Slavic Native Faith">Slavic Native Faith</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Authentism" class="mw-redirect" title="Authentism">Authentism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bazhovism" title="Bazhovism">Bazhovism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivanovism" title="Ivanovism">Ivanovism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandybaism" class="mw-redirect" title="Kandybaism">Kandybaism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levashovism" title="Levashovism">Levashovism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterburgian_Vedism" title="Peterburgian Vedism">Peterburgian Vedism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ringing_Cedars%27_Anastasianism" title="Ringing Cedars' Anastasianism">Ringing Cedars' Anastasianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic-Hill_Rodnovery" title="Slavic-Hill Rodnovery">Slavic-Hill Rodnovery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_Ukrainian_National_Faith" title="Native Ukrainian National Faith">Sylenkoism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vseyasvetnaya_Gramota" title="Vseyasvetnaya Gramota">Vseyasvetnaya Gramota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ynglism" title="Ynglism">Ynglism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roerichism" title="Roerichism">Roerichism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blagovery" class="mw-redirect" title="Blagovery">Russian Zoroastrianism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In popular culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_fantasy" title="Slavic fantasy">Fantasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_Slavic_mythology" title="List of films based on Slavic mythology">Film</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td 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