Unclean force

Unclean force (Russian: не́чисть, нечистики; не́жить, 'undead') is a collective name in Slavic paganism for mythological forces and creatures including evil spirits, chorts, demons, werewolves and the undead — Domovoy, Polevik, Vodyanoy, Leshy, rusalka, kikimora and other. Common to all of them is belonging to the "unclean", "negative", "out of this world", the otherworldly world and their malevolence towards people. Shepherds, millers, blacksmiths, witches and sorcerers were suspected of having ties with evil forces.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.