Pitsen
Pitsen is a forest creature in Siberian Tatar mythology with a contradictory role, capable of bringing both luck and troubles by leading humans into the wilderness. This spirit is a shapeshifter who may appear as an elder with a staff and knapsack or as various animals including apes. Pitsen prefers to live in derelict lodges, enjoys riding horses and oiling their manes with tar, and when transformed into a damsel may have sexual intercourse with or marry humans.
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Relationships
- co occurs with
- yysh-keshe
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Source passages
“Pitsen is a forest creature in the Siberian Tatars' mythology. Pitsen's role is contradictory. It could bring luck, but also troubles, leading humans to the wilderness. Shapeshifting is common for Pitsen: he may look like an elder with a staff and knapsack”
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“Shurali closely resembles other similar characters from the folklore such as Arçuri of the Chuvash, Pitsen (Picen) of the Siberian Tatars and Yarımtıq of the Ural Tatars.”
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