chorty
demonic earth single tradition · 1
Chorty are demons that live in swamps, which North Slavs treated as dangerous and "unclean" places. According to a legend from the Vitebsk Governorate, the chort hid earth in his mouth during the creation of land by God and then spat it out, creating the swamps.
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“North Slavs treated the swamps as dangerous and "unclean" places where chorty, biesy and other demons live. The very origin of the swamps in the Vitebsk Governorate was associated with the earth, which, during the creation of land by God, the chort hid in his mouth and then spat it out.”
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