Slavic folklore creatures

Here is a list of (almost) all Slavic mythical creatures. Alkonost, who gets her name from the Greek demigod Alyclone, is a creature with the body of a bird and the head of a woman. Her voice is incredibly beautiful and alluring, causing people to forget everything and never be able to experience happiness like hearing the voice again. She lives in the underworld with her counterpart, who is named Sirin, who appears in an orchard during the morning to cry on the Apple Feast of the Savior…

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Slavic gods, goddesses, spirits & mythical creatures ✨ This is a compilation of my previous series on Slavic deities and entities, plus one new artwork… Tell me if you want to see some other characters from folklore and Slavic paganism. Also, I’m thinking about making an Oracle deck dedicated to Slavic magic and folklore, what do you think? Find more Slavic culture posts on my page: @lidapavlova_magic

I’ve been telling a lot about Baba Yaga, and I guess I made her sound very grim. But she is an ambivalent entity, she is neither evil, nor good. So, this post is about the ways in which Baba Yaga can help… (And for more on her, you can see my Slavic folklore highlight) Do you still enjoy my Baba Yaga insights? And what other spirits, deities or creatures from Slavic folklore would you like to know more about? 🧙🏻‍♀️Find more Slavic culture posts on my page: @lidapavlova_magic

Description I’m excited to introduce my latest project, a collaboration between me and my wife, Sarah Staniec. This is a collection of illustrations of beasts from Slavic mythology - creatures from in and around the region where I grew up. Since I was a kid, these myths always sparked my imagination, and now I’m excited to be able to express my own interpretation of how these creatures, witches, and ghouls must appear. My wife got inspired by what I created, and decided to adapt the…

Biesy (singular: bies) are a personification of all the undefined evil forces in the nature. Once they were placed amongst the most dangerous and the oldest demons in the central and eastern Europe…

A creature that often appears in Slavic folklore and mythology are the Vila or Samodiva. But what exactly are these creatures?

Russian Folk Negative Characters