Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Krasnyi" | Russian | 'Red' or 'Beautiful'. Russian epithet to a girl and the Sun. |
"Kamennaia Baba" | Origin | 'The Stone Mothers', the monolithic stone menhirs in southern Russia. These were possibly of Scythian origin and engraved with serpent and animal images, hold a horn, and are flanked by hor√åǧïñå. |
Demon name "Dobrochot" | Russian | A demon, especially a domestic spirit. Russian |
God name "Veles/ Volos" | Russia / Slavic | A god of flocks & herds, death & the underworld |
Goddess name "Dola/ Dolya" | Russia / Serbia | A goddess of fate |
Goddess name "Nastasija" | Russia | A goddess of sleep |
Goddess name "Dali" | Russian / Georgia | A goddess of the hunt |
Spirit name "Chlvnik" | Russian | A household spirit who lives in the cattleshed. Russian |
Spirit name "Dvorvoy" | Russian | A household spirit who lives in the yard. Russian |
Hero name "Sadko" | Russian | A legendary hero of a Russian epic tale. |
"Sirin" | Russian | A mythological creature with the head and chest of a beautiful woman and the body of a bird. According to the myth, they lived near Eden or around the Euphrates River. Russian |
"Ved Ava" | Russia | A personification of the water. Russia |
Goddess name "Cuvto ava" | Russia | A tree goddess |
Spirit name "Ignis Fatuus" | Russian | According to a Russian superstition, these wandering fires are the spirits of still-born children which flit between heaven and the Inferno. |
Goddess name "Azer Ava" | Russian | Ancient Russian goddess, the name Azer-Ava translates into "forest mother" or "the friendly tree goddess". Azer-Ava lives in trees and welcomes those who venture out to pick berries and mushrooms. She is known as a goddess of fruitfulness who brings Rain and corn, and oaths are taken in her name. |
God name "Dabog" | Balkans / S Russia | Before Christians he was a Sun god, alas, now he's reduced to a diabolic personality |
Goddess name "Kostroma" | Russian | Benevolent and malevolent fertility goddess; like the Greeks' Persephone, she is a dying and reborn daughter. Russian |
God name "Picullus" | Roman / Celtic / Prussian | Chthonic underworld god. He becomes syncretized with the devil in Christian times.... |