[64] Russian Folklore Monsters Free

Mostly it appeared as a man with animal features paws instead of arms horns on his head or as an ugly old man enmeshed in mud with a long beard.

[90] Russian Folklore Monsters . Usually in stories they have odd number of heads rarely two. It s an embodiment of a dangerous and cruel environment. Bagiennik a water monster which secreats hot oily liquid from its body.

Vodyanoy is a water evil spirit according to slavic mythology. Many of the monsters are taken directly from or inspired by slavic mythology such as the rusalka the striga and the vodyanoi. Created from serpent that lived up to 100 years or eaten another one.

Babay slavic folklore bauk mythology black dog ghost blud. They spit fire have terrible roar and have evil look on their faces. The vodyanoi literally the one in the water is widely featured in folklore because russia is a country of rivers lakes and seas which were the main trade routes in times gone by.

Russian fairy tales list of russian monsters and fairies alkonost birds with the heads of women. Azhdaya seen in russian fairytale. Mythical characters spirits and creatures edit as is common in folklore there is no standard set of characteristics or names and spirits or magical creatures are referred to by many names often identifying.