Baba Yaga: The Slavic Witch in the Hut on Chicken Legs and Why She Is the Most Complex Supernatural Figure in European Folklore
Baba Yaga is the most famous figure in Slavic folklore and one of the most analysed supernatural beings in the […]
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Mokosh: The Only Female Deity in the Slavic Pantheon and the Goddess Who Spun the Thread of Fate
Mokosh is the only female deity recorded in the official Slavic pantheon established by Prince Vladimir of Kiev in 980
Marzanna: The Slavic Goddess of Death and Winter Whose Effigy Is Still Drowned Every Spring
Marzanna is the Slavic goddess of winter, death, plague, and the darkness that precedes spring. She is one of the
Veles: The Slavic God of the Underworld, Cattle, and Magic Who Never Stays Defeated
Veles is the most complex deity in the Slavic pantheon and in many ways the most interesting. He governs the
Perun: The Slavic God of Thunder and the Storm That Never Ends
Perun is the chief god of the Slavic pantheon and the god of thunder, lightning, storms, rain, mountains, oak trees,
Vukodlak: The Slavic Creature That Is Both Werewolf and Vampire and Cannot Decide Which
The Vukodlak is one of the most linguistically and conceptually interesting figures in European supernatural folklore because the same word,
Vseslav of Polotsk: The Russian Prince Who Ran as a Wolf at Night and Won Battles by Dawn
Vseslav Bryachislavich, Prince of Polotsk, ruled from 1044 to 1101 and was by any measure one of the most remarkable
Thiess of Kaltenbrun: The Livonian Werewolf Who Claimed to Fight the Devil and Meant It as a Defence
In 1692 in Livonia, the region that is now Latvia and Estonia, an old man named Thiess was brought before
The Upyr: The Forgotten Slavic Vampire That Came Centuries Before Dracula
In 1370, a cleric in Moscow recorded the case of a merchant who had died during a famine. Villagers had
The Strigoi: Romania’s Original Vampire and the Ancient Terror That Still Walks Its Villages
In 2004, in the Romanian village of Marotinu de Sus, a family dug up their recently buried uncle. They cut