swamp kikimora
The swamp kikimora is usually described as a small, ugly, hunchbacked, thin, and scruffy old woman with a pointed nose and disheveled hair. She was said to use moss and grass as clothes. It was believed that she frightens people, knocks travelers off the road or even drowns them.
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When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Baba Bolotnitsa, Zhalezny chalavek, Babay, lobasta, Karakondjul, Anchutka, One-Eyed Likho, latawiec, Mora, boginki
- consort of
- leshy
- allied with
- leshy
- has aspect
- Kikimora
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The swamp kikimora is usually described as a small, ugly, hunchbacked, thin, and scruffy old woman with a pointed nose and disheveled hair. She was said to use moss and grass as clothes.”
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“The swamp kikimora (Russian: кикимора болотная) is a mischievous spirit, a close friend or a wife of a leshy. Beliefs about her are most widespread in Russia and less so in Belarus. She may look like a short, ugly, old hag or a middle-aged woman covered in grasses and moss, but she usually takes on an invisible form.”
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