Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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The Vodnik — the West Slavic (Czech) male water-spirit, a green-clad dripping man of ponds and millponds who drowns the unwary, keeps the souls of the
The Zduhac — the storm-defending weather-warrior of South Slavic folklore, a caul-born gifted man whose spirit leaves his body to fly into the
The Hejkal — the shouting forest-demon of West Slavic folklore, a wild spirit of the woods who echoes travellers' shouts, lures them astray, and falls
The Dvorovoi — the courtyard- and farmyard-spirit of Slavic folklore, the guardian of the yard and livestock, a more dangerous cousin of the domovoi who
The Bagiennik — the swamp- and marsh-spirit of Slavic folklore, a dangerous water-spirit of bogs who emits scalding sulphurous water and mud, drowns and
Likho — the embodiment of evil fate, misfortune, and bad luck in Slavic folklore, a gaunt one-eyed hag-spirit who personifies disaster, can fasten onto a
The Polednice — the West Slavic (Czech) noonday demon, the dreaded “Lady Midday” who comes for children left alone at midday and for field-labourers,
The Poludnitsa (“Lady Midday”) — the noonday demon of Slavic folklore, a dangerous woman in white who appears in the fields at noon, striking labourers
Nav — both the Slavic underworld (the realm of the dead in the roots of the world-tree, ruled by Veles) and the navi, the malevolent ghosts of those who
The Mavka (Nyavka) — the forest-nymph and restless female spirit of Ukrainian and Slavic folklore, the ghost of a girl who died unbaptised, lovely from