Unclean Forest

Natura Leo is a Child of the Forest. Natura is the surname of the Children of the Forest. Leo, red-haired, freckled, and green-eyed, sweet, kind, peaceful, active, helpful, and a herbalist. He's the kindest of the evil spirits, but will tear apart anyone who harms his loved ones.
Svyataslava - Mistress of the Forest. Calm, mysterious, peaceful, calculating, caring for her people. A ghoul and a witch. Black hair and dark folk clothing.
Timeo Vyacheslav - Timeo is the most brutal clan. They are werewolf-snakes in the swamp. They are a matriarchy. He is the clan leader, as he has no sister. Vyacheslav is respectful, noble, calm, patient, reasonable, a psychologist, and a healer-surgeon. His best friend is Leo.

The Unclean Forest is a forest inhabited by evil spirits. They protect their home, killing, and some eating humans (they spare children, either releasing them back to the humans or taking them in and raising them as their own, caring for them). It contains several villages, one of which was home to all manner of evil spirits and humans, less savage and more peaceful. In the center of the Forest is the Tree of Life, a huge oak tree hidden in dense thickets, with roots extending from it to other trees, growing like this. In the center of the Tree, closer to the roots, is a portal through which one can access any of the Worlds, but this is rarely used (only if going to the "Nether World"). Through the portal you can get to Prav (the Upper World, where good people go after death, the bright Gods live, and for the winter the birds fly away and the snakes crawl away), to Yav (the Earth, the World of people and animals, reality), to Nav (the Lower World. There is Light Nav, where light spirits live, and Dark Nav, where dark spirits, evil spirits, monsters and Dark Gods (important, the Dark Gods are not evil, but dark, and this is not the same thing). In Dark Nav there is Hell, where people burn after death because of their vices and bad deeds. After centuries, they are given a chance to be reborn and try to become a good person during life) and to the World of Dreams (it is not part of the Three Worlds: Prav, Yav, Nav), but it is also a huge otherworldly space. It is like a corridor with windows, where the windows are of all kinds worlds/dreams).
The evil spirits here are Slavic pagans. And the people who live here too. There are representatives of other religions, but they are usually foreigners. Importantly, pagans don't have the concept of sin (because sin is an irreparable offense, and pagans believe that everything can be corrected), so the word "sin" will be replaced by the word "vice."
The calendar is also shifted, since pagans celebrate New Year on March 1st, and Christians celebrate it on January 1st.
March (first month)
April (second month)
May (the third month)
June (the fourth month)
July (the fifth month)
August (the sixth month)
September (the seventh month)
October (the eighth month)
November (the ninth month)
December (the tenth month)
January (the eleventh month)
February (the twelfth month)

Zodiac signs. "Habitual" you know yourself, people have them, but the Slavs had "their own". It is called the Circle of Svarog:
The Abode of the Raven, December 16 - January 10. Patrons: God-prophet Varuna (constantly with his raven), God Kolyada (changes). Sacred tree: larch (pacification). Character: magic and wisdom;
Abode of the Bear, January 10 - February 3. Patron: Svarog (the Heavenly Lord, the strongest in the Pantheon of Gods). Sacred Tree: Raspberry (Luck, Justice, and Healing). Character: kind, strong-willed, fair;
Abode of Busla (Stork), February 3-28. Patron: Rod (progenitor of all Gods). Sacred tree: Willow (protection). Character: soft, peaceful, family-like;
Hall of the Wolf, February 28 - March 28. Patron: Veles (the strongest and wisest, the "cattle" God). Sacred tree: Poplar (cleansing of negativity). Character: predatory, introverted, creative;
The Hall of the Fox, March 28 - April 17. Patron Saint: Marena/Morana/Mara (it's all the same name) (winter, death, magic). Sacred tree: Currant (magic, protection, healing). Character: adventurous, principled, creative;
The Abode of the Bull, April 17 - May 9. Patron: Kryshen (keeper of wisdom). Sacred Tree: Aspen (healing). Character: independent, brave, loyal;
The Abode of the Moose, May 9 - June 1. Patron saint: Lada (Mother of God). Sacred tree: Birch (youth and softness). Character: honest, empathic, responsible;
The Abode of Finista (Falcon), June 1-23. Patron: Vyshen (otherworldly wisdom). Sacred tree: Cherry (life). Character: confident, talented, mysterious;
The Hall of the Horse, June 23 - July 16. Patron: Kupala (youth, fire, wisdom). Sacred tree: Elm (family happiness), Fern (superpower). Character: independent, creative, dreamy;
The Abode of the Eagle, July 16 - August 7. Patron: Perun (wise thunderer). Sacred Tree: Oak (the majesty of nature). Character: caring, intelligent, loyal;

The Abode of Ras (White Leopard), August 7-30. Patron: Dazhdbog (protection, abundance). Sacred tree: Ash (wisdom and clarity). Character: noble, cheerful, responsible;
The Abode of the Virgin August 30 - September 22. Patron: Zhiva (the Mother of God, the kind and peaceful Mother of the Universe). Sacred tree: Apple tree (rebirth and eternal life). Character: soft, peaceful, family-like;
Abode of the Boar (Wild Boar), September 23 - October 14. Patron: Heavenly Judge. Sacred tree: Pear (the road to the other world). Character: truthful, wise, conscientious;
The Hall of the Pike, October 14 - November 6. Patron saint: Rozhana (Mother of God, protecting women in labor and ordinary women). Sacred tree: Plum (conscientiousness). Character: lucky, with a core, hardworking;
The Hall of the Swan, November 6-27. Patron: Makosh (Mother of God, Mother Earth, Mother Nature, Spinner of Fate). Sacred Tree: Pine (development). Character: calm, lucky, spiritual harmony;
The Abode of the Serpent, November 27 - December 16. Patron: Semargl (Fire-god, warrior). Sacred tree: Linden (family happiness and the beauty of nature, magic). Character: empathic (feeling emotions well), reasonable, decisive.

Gods (members of the Divine Pantheon):
Perun is the main God, the lord of thunder and lightning, the patron of the prince and the retinue. Opposes Veles;
Hors is the God of the sun;
Dazhbog is a solar Deity, the patron of fertility, abundance and good luck;
Stribog is the God of wind and storms, who controls atmospheric phenomena;
Semargl is a semi-divine messenger between the heavenly and earthly worlds;
Mokosh is the only Goddess in the Pantheon, the patroness of spinning, weaving and fate, as well as Mother Earth, Mother Nature.
The rest of the Gods:
Veles (Volos) is the "cattle god" and the lord of the underworld, the patron of ordinary people and trade, animals and evil spirits, medicine and wisdom. He opposes Perun;
Svarog is the God of heavenly fire and blacksmithing, the father of some other Deities;

Yarilo is the Deity of the spring sun, passion and agriculture;
Marena (Morena/Mara) - Goddess of winter, cold, death and magic. She is loyal to magicians and women "because their life is harder";
Živa is the Goddess of Life, but despite the opposite, Marene does not oppose;
Svorozhych - son of Svarog;
Yarovit is the God of war and fertility;
Lelya is the Goddess of spring, love and beauty, the daughter of the Goddess Lada, gentle and soft;
Lada is the Goddess of spring, beauty, love and the patroness of marriage;
Chernobog is an "evil" God, responsible for destruction, cruelty, magic and darkness. The god of winter. It can be described as "evil for good". For there to be balance, there must be darkness and light, good and evil, chaos and order. All the Gods understand this (but people do not really understand it now). All the Light Gods live in Pravi, and the Dark Gods (Morana, Chernobog, Veles) live in Navi, Chernobog is the ruler of Hell. Opposes Belobog;
Belobog (Belblg/Belun) is the God of light, goodness, luck and happiness. The opposite of Chernobog is opposed to him;
Oud - God-spirit, patron of love affair and covetousness;
Bereginya is the Mother of God and the mother of spirits.

The Master of the Forest is the Lord of the Unclean Forest. He can do a lot, but he is not invulnerable and especially not immortal. Abilities: can see, hear, feel everything and everyone in the Forest. He commands the nature of the Forest, can control the minds of those in the Forest, but usually this is not necessary, he will be listened to anyway. Maybe as part of the Forest, physically, as a chthonic creature, but he can still use "his" body. It can penetrate into other people's heads, speak directly into the mind, can penetrate into dreams. He has control over the Forest. The Master of the Forest can be changed by defeating, or so that he himself transfers power to a trustee of the
Originally Unclean Forest, it was the Mother's kut (Makoshi, everyone will call her Mother Nature or simply Mother, since she is literally the Mother of this Forest), which she created as a protection for those who need to rest and save themselves from the evil of the World. Then she created defenders - Children of the Forest

The evil spirits are unfriendly (okay, not unfriendly, there are friendly ones too, they're just impolite) and rude. But they're rude not because they're rude, but because they're honest. They're not hypocritical and honest; if they don't like you, they'll tell you straight. And if you ask, they'll tell you everything factually. The evil spirits don't like people, but they hate Christians even more. "It's better to be an atheist than a Christian"—that's their opinion. And, generally speaking, it's justified. Starting in 988 (according to the Christian calendar; the evil spirits use this calendar purely out of convenience), people actively began burning the evil spirits and pagans, demonizing our Slavic gods and spirits, so it's no surprise that Christians have earned hatred and contempt. The evil spirits welcomed the pagans into the Forest because of a common enemy; they were able to cooperate: the evil spirits with magic and superpowers, the humans with ingenuity and strategy. So they settled together after all. So the pagans will be more readily accepted, even if not immediately.
When children are told what to do or forbidden, they must explain why, otherwise the child simply won't take it seriously. Children aren't spanked (that's low), children have rights, and they can argue with their parents equally. Children trust their parents enough to share their worries and problems, knowing they won't be scolded, but will be helped. Although there is equality in the family, there is also a hierarchy: grandmother, grandfather (because the elders are wise and have lived long enough to advise), mother, father/eldest daughter (yes, they are literally equal), middle daughter/eldest son, then the younger ones.
Cruelty to animals is also prohibited (unless it is hunting for food), especially to snakes (especially grass snakes. Killing a grass snake is a terrible crime).
In terms of appearance, no one cares how someone walks, what they want at night, but it is accepted for everyone to have long hair
Mother/Father - addressing the Almighty. Matushka/Mamaenka - addressing mom. Batyushka/Papaenka - addressing dad. Auntie - addressing aunt. Uncle - addressing uncle. These are all terms of address for relatives, also respectful, but diminutive.

Evil spirits have matriarchy. This is due to the role of the mother, the longevity of the Lineage, the one who gives new life. Matriarchy is like an obvious truth for them, although in the Forest women and men are equal in strength, but women are in power. Men are not prohibited from being in power, but this is more of an exception. In bed, a woman takes on the role of exclusive domination, when the man will definitely be under her and nothing else. Roles in the family for a man are the provider, he provides the family with everything that is needed (the role of protection is only when the wife is pregnant and in the first months after childbirth), and the woman is the protector. Both take part in education equally. There is no concept of patronymic, only matching (for people, patronymic is the name of the father, for them matching is the name of the mother).
Most in the Forest have equality, but mostly matriarchy, especially in older families.

Everyone (both women and men) has long hair, men can wear skirts/dresses, walk barefoot sometimes.
All pagans hate Christians even more than other people. The laws of evil spirits (all) are extremely simple: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. For murder - execution. But there are different cases. If this is revenge (you killed a loved one and then killed his killer for it) or defending yourself, it is not considered a crime. For infidelity, the head is generally cut off (and usually this is done by the betrayed spouse). It happens that the spouses fell out of love with each other, talked to each other and agreed that you can start a relationship with another, then it's not scary. But it is for treason - minus the head. It was in the old days, but now no one has banned it.

Stages of life: infancy (from birth to one year), early childhood (from 2 to 6 years), "adult child", when they begin to teach family affairs and something important (from 7 to 12 years, at 12 the beginning of puberty), adolescence (from 13 to 15 years), adolescence (from 16 to 20 years), adulthood (21 years), 30+ is considered an adult, then they usually get married (the firstborn is always before marriage, the second after marriage)

Spring is the season when elemental, light, and "gentle" magic works best. Autumn is the season when darker, "evil" magic works best. Winter is the season when magic is the most terrible and dark, necromancy, ice magic. Summer is lighter and less dangerous. Magic is stronger at night and in winter than at other times, especially on a winter night. But the most dangerous and harsh time is the transition from autumn to winter, when the line between the worlds is at its thinnest (the night of October 31st).
Elemental magic: fire (temperament and harshness), earth (stoicism and calm), air (lightness and speed), and water (smoothness and softness). Can be combined: fire + earth = lava; fire + air = hot steam, smoke; fire + water = steam, smoke, fumes; earth + air = sand?; earth + water = mud, landslide; air + water = fog.
Necromancy - you can talk to the dead, complex magic (works at night or in winter), but it does not resurrect.
The Nikronomicon is a book on resurrecting the dead (there will be a living dead person, but he will need to find an empty body, maybe someone else's, but the main thing is an empty one, otherwise there will be two souls in the body, they will simply not agree).
Alchemy is chemistry mixed with magic.
Witchcraft, herbalism, healing—witches are doctors. Healers use herbs and spells. Herbalists treat with herbs, roughly speaking, it's called formicology. Healing is pure magic; it heals wounds (you need to touch it); but if the injury is internal, you'll have to cut it, since healing will only work with direct physical contact, so healers are surgeons.

Cults of worship of the Gods. Each God has a Cult. Offerings are made to them, sometimes sacrifices, especially among Christians. The Priest/Priestess is responsible for everything in the Cult. The Magus is responsible for all magical rituals in the Cult.

Children of the Forest, abilities like the Master of the Forest, but in a limited radius (no further than five meters from themselves). They appear in a cocoon from the roots of the Tree of Life, the fetus grows and develops inside the cocoon and at birth knows everything there is to know about the world around it. Appearance: (This was not originally intended by the Mother as an evil spirit, but the result satisfied her) Horns similar to tree branches, and on them grow delicate flowers that smell pleasantly (if desired, the evil spirit will release from there a toxin instead of the aroma of flowers); three eyes (the third eye, on the forehead, without a pupil, just a white sclera (the sclera is the very white of the eye), the third eye can see into the other world and therefore it must be protected), and the other two eyes are animal-like with vertical pupils, the sclera are black; The mouth is practically "from ear to ear" and can open into four parts, and there are many sharp fangs (the longest and sharpest two, and that's where the poison is); the tongue is long and forked like a snake's; there are gills on the neck, so they can breathe underwater; there are wings similar to the wings of a dragonfly; the limbs are longer; starting from the elbows there are roots (but the shape of the hand is the same, just not made of flesh, but of roots), the claws are lighter, wooden and sharp like thorns; starting from the knees there are roots, just like with the hands, but instead of feet - roots; there is a tail (it is important for balance, and not only when flying). They can heal. They have regeneration (healing of wounds, and not growing new limbs, this is important)

The eyes are the mirror of the soul, so take care of them.

Magic is channeled into the world through the palms, fingers, and feet, so sorcerers protect these body parts. Magic through fabric works, but is slightly less effective. Magic is usually unrelated, but if you need to direct it in a specific direction, you can use a stick. You can even use a simple branch and that's it.

Evil spirits:
Witches. Although they are not an evil spirit as such, they are still. Sorcerers, witches, and others are capable of witchcraft. There are many types of witchcraft. Sorcerers can be anyone, humans or evil spirits;

Evil spirits:
Ozernitsy (azyarnitsy). Dark-skinned maidens with long green hair, fins instead of feet, water instead of blood, so the touch is ice-cold. They can make the sounds of frogs and nightingales. They drown people if they notice. The same fate will befall those who decide to swim in the Black Lake;
Apiven - purposefully inclines people to drink, has fun with drunks. You can see him only when he is very drunk. He is small in stature with dark sparse hair, with a pig's stigma, small horns and hooves on his legs;
Arjaven - lives in swamps with rusty spots from iron ore on the surface. It is a thick creature of dirty red color, covered with a swampy coating, with legs as thin as stems. His prey is animals caught in a quagmire, or lost night drunkards;
Badyulya is an evil "deity" who incites people to drink alcohol and vagrancy. She has the appearance of an elderly woman with large saggy breasts, bulging eyes, a short fleshy nose, thick drooping lips and tangled hair. Her clothes are a dirty rag. To get this pest out of the house, you need to sweep and wash the floors in the house;
Valasen is a small man with dark long hair and large seven-fingered palms, which disturbs and frightens people in their sleep. Men are scratched in the face with their long claws, and women's hair is ruffled, grabbed by the chest or leans on the victim with his whole body. Children tickle their heels or buzz in their ears;
Wuzhalki are the daughters of the Supper King, beautiful girls with a snake's tail instead of legs. Their favorite pastime is sitting on an old tree and combing their long hair with a golden comb. They love jewelry - beads, bracelets, rings. For the guy who managed to gain the favor of the snake's daughter, she will reveal where the treasures are hidden in the forest. But if she is offended, then in anger she will bring down all kinds of misfortunes on the head of the offender and destroy him along with the whole family;

Tsar-uzh. He commands all reptiles and leads them to hibernation in secluded places. He is much larger than his subjects, with scales shimmering silver and gold, and on his head is a crown of small golden horns. It is difficult to meet snakes during such a transition, but if suddenly someone manages to do this, and spread a tablecloth with bread and salt in front of the snake lord, then he will throw off one horn as a sign of gratitude. The happy owner of it becomes wise and perceptive, will be able to read other people's thoughts, find a way out of difficult situations, and most importantly - no poison is now afraid of him. Snakes have always been revered by Belarusians, but especially grass snakes. It is believed that of all the creeping reptiles, he only uses his extraordinary wisdom and prophetic power for the benefit of the house where he lives. Therefore, he is always honored and respected with offerings in the form of food and drink. To kill a grass snake is a terrible crime. In the Unclean Forest, many people keep grass snakes as pets, as in ancient times;
Hapun is a small crooked grandfather with a long gray beard, flies over the ground with a huge sack and looks out for capricious and naughty children. When children grow up, they also turn into thieves;
Khokhotun (khikhitun) – in the Myadel region, it is believed that this creature is often behind a person's back, and when something bad can happen to him or to his loved ones, it begins to laugh happily. If you turn around sharply at this moment, you can see a laughter, which is somewhat similar to a monkey, only with small horns. However, if you treat his laughter as a warning, then you can prevent the impending disaster;
Bagnik - lies at the bottom of a peat bog and never appears on the surface, its presence there is indicated by bubbles rising up. The bagnik does not get up even in the case when the victim falls into the swamp, because he is sure that he will come to him herself. In appearance, the evil spirit is very dirty and untidy;

A white woman is a harbinger of death. She looks like a young woman, dressed in a white dress, as if mourning (among the Slavs, unlike Christians, white is the color of death). Bursting out of the ground like a pillar, he suddenly appears in front of the one who is destined to die, and, throwing back his veil, shows the face of a dead old woman;
Vargin (from the Lithuanian "varginti" - "to torture", "to bring torment") is a demonic cat, who is the king of the cat kingdom. Huge in size, with pitch-black, shiny fur, with eyes burning with fire, the beast has the ability to suddenly appear and disappear even when windows and doors are closed. He can ingratiate himself with a person and settle in the house, but this does not bring anything good. Vargin drives the owner to a mental breakdown, forcing him to quarrel with family and friends. When a person reaches complete exhaustion, the cat causes a swarm of bees or butterflies in his brain with its purring, after which the victim dies in terrible agony. Only a witch who knows the right words can save him from this demon;
Volkolak (Vaukalak). Werewolf. Such a transformation is possible both by one's own will and under the influence of sorcery directed at one person or a group of people. He is taller than an ordinary wolf, sees in all directions, since he has four eyes (sometimes). To purposefully become a werewolf, you need to stick a knife into the ground and turn over it three times, while pronouncing a special spell. To turn back into a person, they throw it in the opposite direction through a knife. If such a knife is pulled out of the ground and taken away, then the sorcerer will forever remain in the form of a wolf. A wolf turned into a wolf against his will is also forced to attack people and domestic animals, you can distinguish him from a sorcerer by the fact that the wolf cries like a person when he is poisoned by dogs or wanted to be killed. There are also werewolves of other animals (all wild animals), cats, foxes, bears and others.

Werewolf - They eat people, but only in animal form. They can turn into anthropomorphic wolves without losing the ability to speak. "Voluntary" werewolves are sorcerers. In a natural birth, the child will forever be a werewolf and will not become a human, but those born are usually more aware of their instincts than converts;
Vupyr is a bloodthirsty monster, into which people who knew evil spirits turn after death. At night, it comes to the homes of its enemies, and sometimes friends and relatives, and, falling to their breasts, sucks the hot blood from the heart. The appearance of the woopyr remains the same as in life, only from frequent sucking, the lips swell, and the tongue becomes sharp as a stinger. The bloodsucker skillfully sucks in the wound from the bite, so its victim can only be identified by a pale face;
Gayov's grandfather (gayun) is a spirit who lives in the grove and keeps order in it. His head is like that of an old grandfather, but otherwise he is like a bear, and even completely overgrown with moss. He does not like it when uninvited guests come to his protected places to cut down trees. In anger, the guy grandfather appears before the intruder in his true guise. Well, if he did not have time to scare him away, and the woodcutter nevertheless began his work, then the angry spirit can kill him with a suddenly fallen tree;
Gayovkas are the granddaughters of Gayov's grandfather, mischievous girls who love all living things. Forest animals and birds come to them for help and treatment. In winter, the gayovkas are overgrown with thick snow-white fur, only the face and braid remain open, and in the spring they again become ordinary girls, even more beautiful. The guy's grandfather is very protective of his granddaughters, so he forbids them to leave the grove. But when did young people listen to their elders? They will quietly get out to the nearest village, where some holiday is celebrated and spy on what outfits and jewelry others are wearing. And if she likes something, they will track her down and remove what she wants.

On Kupala night, the gayovkas go out to look at the fire, over which people jump, love to fool around in the rye, and then return to the forest to have time to collect medicinal herbs and admire the blooming paparats-kvetkai;
Grandfathers are the spirits of ancestors with the immortal soul of a person. They live next to their descendants and help them in everything. Memorial days are arranged for them, on which only hot food is placed on the table, so that the spirits can inhale the steam of food prepared especially for them;
Dobrakhozhy – he combines the qualities of a brownie, a yard man, a woodsman, a field worker. The so-called pre-Spanish children, i.e. those who were accidentally crushed by an careless mother in their sleep, turn to it. The main distinguishing feature is that he can change his height and treats a person in accordance with his actions. As a rule, you can meet a good walker at the crossroads and near the mistletoe trees, at noon or midnight. The good-looking person looks like a person, in black, sometimes in white clothes, and his appearance and clothes always correspond to the time in which they talk about meetings with him. It is believed that this character severely punishes people for mismanagement and negligence, for foul language, for crossing his path or standing in his footsteps. At the same time, he can send a serious illness not only to the offender, but also to his family. You can appease the dabrakhozhag and earn his forgiveness by presenting him with a piece of fresh bread;
Yovnik (younik) is a spirit that guards the room for drying sheaves (evnu). Usually he sits quietly in the corner or on a drying perch, occasionally comes to the window of the dryer to cough up soot and dust. Sometimes he goes outside to see if everything is in order at the current and with the sheaf warehouse, helps the process of winnowing grain by directing or deflecting the wind, and watches the workers. The yovnik frightens uninvited guests, and carefully watches the one whom he hates, so that at the first opportunity he strangles him with a child or even burns him along with all the goods;

Zazovka (zazouka) is a spirit in the form of a beautiful girl with long thick hair that replaces her clothes. She lures men into the forest and loves them there and caresses them so much that rarely any of her chosen ones will be able to return home afterwards. And even if he returns to his wife, he will still go into the forest after a while, and later they will find him hanging from a tree. After all, not every man is accepted twice, because of this the rejected themselves ruin their own lives;
Kupala grandfather is a kind spirit who walks through the forest with a basket on Kupala night and collects paparats-kvetka flowers in it. If you spread a white tablecloth in front of your grandfather, then as a sign of gratitude, he will share one flower. Here you need not yawn and hide the gift from evil spirits, since it will try to take it away by hook or by crook. And it is not surprising, because this flower will indicate where the treasure is hidden and what cherished words need to be pronounced over it in order to remove the spell;
Lazavik (Lazov Dzed) is a forest spirit who lives in the vine. He looks like an old one-eyed dwarf the size of a fingernail, with a long beard, and a long stick in his hand. The spirit house is located in a swamp, it has no windows or doors, the lazavik enters his home through a small hole in the roof. If a person tries to approach the house, it moves away from it;
Znich (Znich) is an inextinguishable, sacred fire that embodies memory;
Iron woman (man) – usually this character frightens children so that they do not climb into the gardens and go to the field without permission. This naughty mischievous witch with size 7 breasts catches with an iron hook, throws them into an iron mortar, pushes them there and eats them to the last bone;
Kasnes are evil spirits that act only in a pack. Attacking a person, they attach themselves to him like leeches and bring him to death. The more the victim resists, the stronger and angrier the kasna become, as it intoxicates them;
Kopsha is the keeper of graves, for whose appeasement money was placed in the coffin with the deceased.

Kopsha – But it is extremely rare, since among the Slavs it is not customary to bury in the ground, so that the living dead does not rise and the soul calms down, it was necessary to burn the body so that it would be easier for the soul to come out. This applies to both the crosspiece and the bostomachi;
Kryksa is a horned and shaggy swamp spirit, attacks people and rides them until the first roosters. He can also lure him into a quagmire or even possess a victim, especially if he is elderly, has never had children and has never loved anyone;
Hatter (kapyalyushnik) – in the Vitebsk region they believe that this is an evil swamp creature-werewolf, which has the properties of will-o'-the-wisps;
Kostomakhs/skeletons (kastamakhi) are the dead rotten to the bone, who sometimes rise from their graves and frighten people in the cemetery;
Krestovik (kryzhatsik) is a spirit that lives in the cemetery. It is the deceased, whose grave cross for some reason was damaged before the forty-day commemoration. As a rule, the cross is not hostile to people, the exceptions are cemetery vandals and those who come to the graves drunk. Such violators can not only be knocked down by the spirit, but also pushed into a pit dug for burial. The cross tree announces its presence by whistling the wind among the crosses or by humming in the trunks of trees growing in the cemetery. No one really knows what it looks like, but they say that in the last days before the radunitsa, the crossbill gains strength from a large number of people who come to the graves of relatives, and becomes an old raven with a white beak and a human look. The bird carefully watches over the visitors of the mournful place, so that the latter do not commit any sabotage;
Tsmok is a Belarusian dragon, which, unlike the European and Russian, is good-natured and fair to people. The poor can be gifted with treasures, and the selfish rich can be deprived of their fortune. The name of the creature indicates its water element, since it comes from the word "tsmaktats" - to suck moisture, to drain. He also spews water instead of fire, in case of drought it will pour and give rain.

Tsmok – Now, due to the size and inability to hide from evil and selfish people, most live in the World of Dreams and in Bright Navi, but can also be found in the Unclean Forest;
Slimer is a scarecrow living in a garden or in a well, which with its long tongue can lick a naughty child until it bleeds;
Loima is an evil spirit that lives in forests and swamps. She is a woman with a scary face and flowing hair who clings to men and also steals unattended children, replacing them with her own. In this case, it is necessary to bring twigs and start whipping Loima's child with them. She will immediately appear with the words: "I swaddled yours so much, and you beat mine!" and return the human child back;
Padvey is the embodiment of an evil spirit in the form of a whirlwind wind. He will twist and twist a person and call a special disease, from which the head curls to the side, arms and legs twist, and the tongue is taken away;
Pechnik (pyachurnik) is a kind spirit from under the stove, which helps the owners of the house. He does not show himself in sight, but he likes to be left treats. It looks like a cat, only walks on its hind legs. The stove maker has a premonition of troubles that will soon happen to the owners, and tries to warn about it: he moves furniture and breaks dishes. It is very similar in habits and character to brownies;
Brownie. It is desirable to fulfill the requests of the brownie (hints with the wind, knocking doors, moving objects, and so on, never personally shown to people in person), you can appease his anger with food (cookies or milk). He watches the hostesses without leaving the shelter. He guards the well-being of the family and punishes those who quarrel, guards the household, keeps the fire burning in the stove, cleans the house, dries grain, goes to fetch water, takes care of livestock. By his behavior or sudden appearance, the house spirit warns of dangers, averts trouble. Before the death of a family member, he howls, snores, tramples, knocks, slams doors, meows, leaves bruises on the body of the sleeper, strokes him with a cold bare hand. Before the death of the owner of the house, he appears in his hat.

Domovoi - Before a fire, knocks on the window, diligently grooms cattle - there will be death, jumps from the attic or cries - to trouble; If he laughs, then happiness is expected. Before an important event in the family, he sits on the chest of a sleeper. If you anger the brownie, he plays pranks like a kikimora: he hides things, frightens, makes noise at night in the basement or attic, throws the pet off the stove, breaks dishes, pulls the blanket off the sleeping person, eats the left food, mixes up yarn, and so on. If the owners are careless, bad and obviously too lazy to look after their own house, the brownie will not feel sorry for them. He treats good owners accordingly. If he understands that the good-for-nothing owner is really trying, he will take pity and help. Appearance is usual for a brownie. A small (the size of a big cat) grandfather, all in brown hair, with a long beard and a long mustache. In folk clothes. He can turn into a black cat. A light spirit can sometimes enter the Light Nav;
Prisypush' (prysypush) is a changeling made of a log by a sorcerer or mermaid, which they put in place of the child "pre-Spanish" by the mother. Children do not die, but later become mermaids;
Pushchavik is the owner of limited areas of untouched forest (pushcha). A giant completely overgrown with long moss, hostile to everyone due to the fact that people are constantly cutting down the forest. For this reason, the Pushchavik spares no one, neither the elderly, nor women, nor children, nor even domestic animals. Everyone who violates his domain will die. The only way to escape is to run away, making sharp turns in different directions, since the pushchavik does not see well what is happening under his feet. Outside the Pushcha you can relax, the evil spirit does not dare to leave it. But he feels who will harm and who will not, so he usually does not touch the "civilians", but it is still not desirable to take risks;
Chergavy (chargavy) is the last of the buried, whose duties include protecting the village from Death, delaying its arrival as long as possible;

Midday. Field spirit. Outwardly, like a young maid or an old woman (if she wishes) with a scythe or sickle, with which she cuts off the heads, to those who go to the field at noon (because at noon you need to sleep or rest, and not work). You can talk to her (she loves to talk, so she will fall behind after a very long and continuous conversation) or re-dance (it's difficult, but some young people can);
Night owl/night owl. Moon spirit. Outwardly, she looks like a young maid or an old woman (if she wishes) with blue-black hair. He looks into the windows and steals children, replacing them with his mischievous foundlings;
Mara (not to be confused with the Goddess Mara, these are different beings) is an evil spirit, a demon who sits on his chest at night and causes bad dreams, accompanied by suffocation under the weight of the demon, which is why the bad dreams themselves also began to bear the name of nightmare. It is the very same sleep paralysis;
Kikimara is a swamp spirit. More often harmful than evil. Often invisible when visible is scary. Thin, twisted, swamp hair hides half of the body. A grandmother or just a scary girl (not necessarily a scary or ugly face). The limbs are long and tenacious. He constantly harms, confuses, mischief. Rarely calm, a little "with an awl in the ass", very fast, a witch. Although it can help. Sometimes. If he wants;
Leshy. Guardian and protector of the forest. He is usually represented as a bearded old man, a tall woodsman or a creature capable of taking the form of any animal, tree or person. Maybe like a chthonic creature. He knows how to heal. His temper is changeable - he can both help travelers and hunters, and confuse their paths, forcing them to walk in circles if a person has shown disrespect for the forest. He keeps order in the forest, punishes poachers and those who litter or make noise unnecessarily. But it can also help. Or make a person get lost. His behavior will be fair to the person, the person himself must think about what he is doing in order not to anger the leshy;

Bolotnik/Bolotnitsa. Swamp spirits. They drown people in the quagmire. Outwardly scary green people, hair - algae;
Vodyanoi. Demon is the spirit of the waters. As a rule, he was represented as a naked bloated old man, with a googly-eyed, with a fish tail or, in East Slavic myths, with very long legs. He is entangled in mud or dressed in a red shirt, has a large thick beard and a green mustache. It has animal or fish features - a fish or cow's tail, crow's feet with webbing or cow's hooves, skin like a burbot, a horn on the head. It could turn into a large fish, an animal, a pig, a cow, a catfish, a pike, a carp, a large black fish or a fish with wings, a goose, a duck, another waterfowl, a log, a drowned man, a horse. In many beliefs, he looks like a hairy devil with horns or a gray monster. The Vodyanoi can ride a large catfish, which is why this fish is called a devil's horse. He often reveals himself with loud laughter, laughter, and in anticipation of a close victim, he can clap his hands loudly. He is often able to imitate the sounds that people or animals make, such as screaming, howling, hooting, squealing, quacking, and bleating. Usually all this is done in order to scare or lure into your underwater mansions. But usually he is not angry, he is not by his glove. He can even talk peacefully with a person if he is in a good mood;
The Sea King is the master of the bottom of the sea, the lord of all waters, the lord of underwater inhabitants, the owner of countless treasures. Father of sea maidens;
Sea maidens. Daughters of the Sea King, maidens with fish tails. They like to sing, have fun and make noise;
Mermaids (not to be confused with sea maidens, mermaids have legs, sea maidens have fish tails) are a river/forest demon spirit. It protects waters, forests and fields. She looks just like a naked (sometimes in a white dress) woman with very long hair and often sits in trees. Men will be tickled to death, and women will be stoned. Moreover, if the child drowns, the mermaid may well save him. They often circle in a circle dance, laugh, sing and have fun with each other or other evil spirits.

Mermaids - With people they are silent;
Mavka. This is a Ukrainian mermaid with green hair and a hole in her back, where the spine is visible;
Zherdyai (from the word pole, a long thin stick) is a spirit, three meters tall. Very thin and tall. Not hostile. He just looks into the windows and that's it. He dwells more in Russian lands;
Baba Yaga is the most powerful and wise witch. Among the worlds beyond the border. He lives in a hut on chicken legs, so he can "move". It also lives closer to the Russian lands;
Yrka. A thin gray bony body, skin in ulcers and eyes glowing white in the dark, similar to those of a cat. Beliefs associate yrka with people who have laid hands on themselves. It is believed that such a person did not live his term, so his soul wanders at night and looks for living warmth or blood to live out the unlived. He walks on roads and fields. Leshy do not let him into the forest, so he is dangerous in open areas, especially on the night of Ivan Kupala. Yrka lies in wait for lonely travelers, pursues them and calls them in familiar voices, forcing them to wander. The main danger is to make a person turn around;
Ghouls. Vampires (important. A vampire is someone who just drinks blood, no more, no less, so this is a characteristic, not a name for any creature), bloodsuckers. They drink blood (not necessarily people, they can kill them, or they can leave them alive), they can pump out vitality, energy and emotions. This is the living dead. It is those who died "wrongly" or "prematurely", suicides, sorcerers, werewolves or other werewolves. It is impossible to be born a ghoul, since a corpse cannot inseminate or conceive. They look like in life, only pale skin and sharp fangs, hidden (because not on the first or second teeth, but on the third, it is not striking). Initially, they burn in the sun, and can survive (and move, otherwise the limbs become stiff and the heart stops completely) only by hunting living creatures, sources of hot fresh blood.

Ghoul - With a long "life", they adapt and everything is not so critical, but the sun does not burn, and the limbs do not stiffen, blood is pumped in a dead body. But it will rot in the warmth, so you will still have to hide in the dark in any case, like other living dead (except for skeletons, there is simply nothing to rot there);
Will-o'-the-wisps - the lights glow, looking beautiful like fireflies. This is the embodiment of the souls of the hostage dead;
Ambarnik - keeper of barns and other buildings for grain products; represented a certain specialization of the house spirit or house spirit;
Likho (one-eyed) - Likho - "evil, misfortune", in the original meaning - "residual, superfluous". It comes from "to leave" and is of the same root as both the word "superfluous" and "deprivation". "Extra" used to be people who have anomalies - six fingers, extra teeth, etc., which is why they were considered by the people to bring bad luck. As a result, Likho is often depicted with various physical disabilities (one eye, one hand). In folk tales, the image of Lich is often associated with the image of Grief. When Likho is next to a person, the latter begins to be haunted by a variety of misfortunes;
Whirlwind is an impure, dangerous wind for people, produced by evil spirits or being its embodiment. In terms of mythological properties, it is close to the wind (unlike it, it was perceived only negatively), storm and blizzard;
Demon - lower "deities", nature spirits or guardians. There are "good" and "bad" ones, but mostly they just perform their role. Almost all evil spirits or spirits are demons;
Devils. They are found everywhere, get along with witches, restless, sometimes regretting to steal their souls, a little, with an awl in their asses, very cheerful, often have fun, and "go crazy", incite people to take risks and stupidities. They often look like humans, skinnier and with horns and fangs, with red skin. They live either on Earth or in Navi/Inferno;
Demons are like devils, but lower in the hierarchy and whiter humane, but no less cheerful, also with an awl in their asses, they live on Earth, they look like people, or whatever;

A two-minded person is a human being who is able to combine two souls, one of which is demonic, and the other is human. Sometimes it was about combining two hearts in one person. In the daytime, the two-minded man was no different from an ordinary philistine, but in the dark, he immediately fell asleep especially soundly, so much so that it was impossible to wake him. During this sleep, he was outside his physical body, while he could retain his appearance or take the form of an animal (dog, horse, hare, etc.). For example, a two-minded witch had the opportunity to turn into a bat, a dog, a mouse, a cat or any object: a poker, a wheel, a roller, etc.;
Divas. Div is a divinatory spirit in the form of a bird. Sinister bird; probably a pugach, an owl, an owl. During war, Div accompanies the army going to battle, and during the battle, he circles over the army that will lose this battle. The Slavic concept of "div" is associated with the words "divo" and "diviy" (that is, "wild, amazing, strange, alien";
Share. The personification of good fortune, good luck. It was believed that the "Share" was a gift from the gods, a power given by them to a person to overcome life's difficulties. The establishment of the share took place at the moment of birth and it accompanied a person until death, significantly influencing his life and personality. The share is given to a person primarily by the mother, it is determined by the clan, ancestors and is determined by the women in childbirth. Synonyms — fate, fate in different meanings;
The hostage dead did not die of natural causes and are forced to wander around Yavi after death;
Zmey-Gorynych. A red three-headed fire-breathing dragon (sometimes they cannot agree with each other), lives on the Fire River (Fiery River, Currant (yes, this is another name for the same river). Usually not hostile;
Igosha. A minor demon, the soul of a stillborn child. He is a mischief if he is not recognized as a brownie.

Igosha - Stillborn children, ruined by their mothers or who died a few days old, were among the dangerous dead, since they did not find peace in the afterlife;
Moroz/Zyuzya. It's just Santa Claus;
A changeling is a creature or object that was used to replace human children kidnapped by spirits or magical creatures. Changeling (exchanger) is a child who was thrown to people by evil spirits instead of a kidnapped human newborn;
Knotweed. The embodiment of fertility. In some places, the peasants imagined Knotweed in the form of a white curly-haired man who walks in the field;
Babai/Grandpa Babai (he really doesn't like to be called a babayka). A monster under the bed, frightening and kidnapping children, usually does not understand what it looks like, but clearly like a small grandfather;
Bannik. A special type of brownies. Most often, the bannik is presented as a small old man with a thick beard. Usually it is covered with dirt and leaves from a broom. He likes to be naughty and punish, especially those who go to the bathhouse on a non-bathing day;
Alkonost. Bird of paradise. Outwardly, it resembles a typical harpy - it has the body of a bird and a woman's head. A person who hears Alkonost's singing can forget everything in the world with delight, but not out of malice, unlike her friend the bird Sirin. She is also able to fulfill the wish of the one who caught her;
Sirin. A bird with a maiden's head. It is similar to Alkonost. In the morning, on the Apple Savior, Sirin flies to the apple orchard, who is sad and crying. During noon, she is replaced by Alkonost, who rejoices and laughs. Outwardly, Sirin looks like Alkonost - the body of a bird with a woman's head. The difference is that Sirins have darker plumage. Sirin can sing sad and mesmerizing songs;
Bayun the cat is a huge man-eating cat with a magical voice. Sometimes his image is confused with the Scientist Cat. The word bayun means "talker, storyteller, redneck", from the verb bayat - "to tell, to speak" (also the verbs to lull, to lull in the meaning of "to put to sleep"). Bayun sits on a high, usually iron pillar.

Bayun the Cat - This cat lives in the faraway lands of the thirtieth kingdom (this is Nav') or in a lifeless, dead forest, where there are neither birds nor animals. Bayun's exact appearance is never described. Sometimes he is depicted as a huge black cat, sometimes he is the color of a reed. But he always remains large. His main ability is to induce sleep. He can also tear through iron chainmail. But if the cat is defeated and tamed, his purr has a healing effect. He also has iron claws.
Morok is the Slavic god of lies and deception. He is the son of Chernobog and Marana;
The fire serpent is an evil spirit;
The Oyster is a bird capable of causing disease. In appearance, this creature resembles a cross between a bird (a vulture) and a Chuda-Yud. This creature possesses a terrifying ability – it can cause disease;
Chudo-Yudo. This creature is most often described as a dragon with many heads. This makes it similar to the Serpent Gorynych. The monster typically has between three and twelve heads. Like a dragon, Chudo-Yudo can breathe fire, but rarely uses it. Instead, it fights with weapons, like a human. It also wields a fiery finger (at least twelve-headed), capable of reattaching severed heads. It guards the viburnum bridge over the Smorodina River.

Rituals. Trizna (funeral feast). The first day is dedicated to preparation and farewell to the deceased. Cooking dishes for the funeral feast: kutia and cold pancakes. Kissel (a type of pudding) was prepared before the feast. On the second day, the feast was prepared. It was held on a raised platform—a burial mound or hill. The memorial table was set up there. After the feast, the mourning for the deceased began. Relatives and friends told stories from the deceased's life at the table. They remembered only the good times. Children were absent from this part of the feast. The entire feast lasted until the end of the night. On the third day, if the deceased was a warrior who died in battle, during the feast, his brothers or sisters in arms would stage a battle, with a friend playing the role of the deceased.

March 1st – New Year (Yarilo's Day, welcoming spring). The spring equinox. It's the holiday of Yarilo, as he is the god of the spring sun. Work was not customary on March 1st; the day was considered a time of joy and renewal. Christmas carols and fortune-telling were common. Yarilo was not only the god of the sun, but also the god of fertility, so pregnant women tried to bask in the sun and gain strength for bearing a child on these days.
March 7th - Kamoyeditsa. Spring equinox. You could say Maslenitsa. No work.
March 9th - Larks/Magpies. On this day, winter ends and spring begins, day and night are measured and equalized.
March 12th – the invocation of spring/Svarga. Svarga opens, and the goddess Zhiva-Vesna descends upon humanity. Today, not only humans but all living things call upon and glorify Spring, celebrating the victory of life over death. At the Opening, Spring was invoked for the third and final time. It was believed that no one works when Svarga opens. The rite of invoking Spring was associated with the first arrival of birds and the beginning of the snowmelt.
March 17 is Lada's day.
March 29 is Birch Day. This is the tree of life, health, and light.
April 1 is the day of the Fire God Semargl.
April 3rd is Water Spirit Day. The awakening of the Water Spirit, mermaids, and all aquatic creatures from hibernation.
April 17th – Radonitsa. On this day, ancestors were remembered and called upon to visit the earth. Funeral gifts included pancakes, oatmeal jelly, and millet porridge. After the beginning, the funeral feast began: warriors on the mountain "wrestled for the dead," demonstrating their martial arts.
April 20th – a response from the ancestors. Fishing is prohibited.
April 23rd - Zhiven Day. Day of the Goddess Zhiva, the Goddess of Life.
April 23rd - Lelnik/Krasnaya Gorka. On one side was a loaf of bread, and on the other was a jug of milk, cheese, butter, an egg, and sour cream. Girls danced in a circle around the bench and sang ritual songs praising the deity as the provider and giver of the future harvest.
April 24 is the day of Yarilo and Dozhdbog.
May 10 is Makosh's Day, Earth Day.

May 30th is Snake Day. On this day, "snakes gather, traveling by train to a snake wedding." Killing the reptiles, which slithered through the forests in great numbers, was considered very dangerous: it was believed that their fellow snakes would take cruel revenge on anyone who harmed them, and no healer could save someone from snake venom on this day. Folklore said: "Don't go into the grass on this day, don't disturb the forest thickets, don't tempt fate."
In Rus', there was a belief that snakes were closely associated with certain plants, and that they could influence each other. Planting beans was also common.
June 18th - Yarilo's Day/The Top of Summer (yes, not only New Year's Day is in honor of Yarilo).
July 2nd is Bereginya Day. On this day, Russians honored Bereginya, the great Slavic deity revered as the mother of all spirits and all the wealth of Mother Earth. She was often depicted as a white-trunked birch tree. Bereginya generally assisted in any endeavor.
The evening of July 6th through the morning of July 7th is Kupala Day. The summer solstice. Gathering herbs and flowers, weaving wreaths, decorating buildings with greenery, lighting bonfires, destroying effigies, jumping over the fire, dousing with water, fortune-telling, and nighttime revelry. The most important thing is jumping over the fire, forming pairs. On the night of Ivan Kupala, the fern blooms for the only time a year, and its flower possessed special properties—it revealed all the secrets of the world. But finding it was very difficult—evil spirits were always on the alert and hindered the brave ones in every way, depriving them of reason, speech, and memory. But whoever overcomes all the trials and finds the flower will be able to see all treasures, become wise, understand and communicate with animals and plants, possess clairvoyance, predict the future, possess a sixth sense, command the earth and water, become invisible, and assume any form. Having picked a flower, you need to hide it in your bosom and run without looking back (according to another belief, you need to carefully place it in your open palm and carry it home without looking back).
July 26 is Perun's day.

August 1st is Honey Savior. On this day, a lesser blessing of water and newly harvested honey is performed in churches, and its consumption is blessed—honey gingerbread, pancakes with poppy seeds and honey, pies, buns, and poppy seed buns are baked. In most regions, the winter rye sowing season has begun.
August 6th is Apple Savior Day. It was believed that in the afterlife, children whose parents hadn't eaten apples before this day would receive gifts (including paradise apples). But those children whose parents had tried apples wouldn't. On Apple Savior Day, people baked apples, made pies, and made pancakes with apples, mushrooms, and berries.
September 8 is Stribog Day.
September 8 is the Day of Birth and Women in Labor.

August 16th is Bread/Nut Savior. On this day, bread is baked from the grain of the new harvest. It was also customary to trade linens and canvases. New wells are blessed. People clean healing springs for autumn, drink underground water, and walk around the wells in circles, as if closing the warm season. On Bread Savior, they bake pies from new bread: "The Third Savior has stored up bread." The harvesting of hazelnuts also began on the Third Savior.

October 31st is Veles Night. It was believed that at this time, all living nature falls asleep, and the earth enters a resting state, where it will remain until awakened by the first spring thaw. All work in the garden and fields had to be completed by this day. It was believed that deceased ancestors, along with evil spirits, also visited on this day. Therefore, Veles Night was traditionally considered a family holiday. At the table where the family gathered, a rich meal was served, extra tableware was set out for those relatives who decided to visit their descendants, and quiet conversations took place. Sweets and home-brew were offered to the domovoi on this day. Fortune-telling on Veles Night. Help from ancestors.
September 22 is Svarog's Day.
November 2 is Makosh's Day.
November 22 is Marena's Day.
December 12th – Kolyada. Integral attributes of the holiday included dressing up (using skins, horns, and masks), caroling, carol singing, gift-giving to carolers, youth games, and fortune-telling.

Shchedrets. The Great Winter Christmastide, or as it was also called, the Great Veles Christmastide, lasted twelve days—from December 26 to January 6. Christmastide was divided into two six-day parts—light and dark. The first part of Christmastide concluded with the Generous Evening, or Shchedrets, which fell on December 31.
December 26th is Midwife's Day. On Babi Kash Day, it was customary to honor midwives. They were brought generous gifts and treats. People came with their children to receive their blessing. Expectant mothers and young girls were especially encouraged to visit their midwives on this day. A midwife was a distant relative in every village. No homeland could do without a midwife. The midwife assisted the woman in labor. Knowing the customs of the past, the midwife knew her trade. When the woman was in labor, she would light a bathhouse and guide her out by the sun. Midwifery was accomplished with kind words, good herbs, and kind prayers. By fumigating the woman in labor—that is, lighting a birch splinter and setting fire to wormwood and immortelle—the midwife ensured an easy birth.
Christmastide. The first day was spent at home or with relatives. On the second, called Molodiony (Baby's Day), all women with children under one year old took them to church to receive Holy Communion. From the third day onward, visits to relatives and friends began, with lavish feasts. Christmastide is particularly rich in magical rituals, fortune-telling, prognostic omens, customs, and taboos regulating people's behavior, which distinguishes it from the rest of the calendar year. The mythological significance of Christmastide is determined by its "borderline" nature—at this time, the sun turns from winter to summer; daylight shifts from darkness to light; the old year ends and the new begins; the Savior is born, and the world of chaos gives way to divine order. The "borderline" of the period between the old and new economic years is associated with ideas about the return to earth of the souls of the dead from the other world and the rampage of evil spirits in midwinter.

Christmastide. According to folk beliefs, the invisible presence of spirits among the living provided insight into the future, which explains the many forms of Christmastide fortune-telling.
December 26 is Perun's day.
December 29th is the day of evil spirits. On this day, and especially at night, evil spirits are at their wildest and craziest. They run amok and have fun.
January 6th - Turitsy is dedicated to the aurochs, one of the most ancient animals revered by the Slavs, believed to possess magical powers. The aurochs embodies the union of Veles and Perun for the glory and prosperity of the Slavic race. The Slavs viewed the festival of Tur as an ancient rite of initiation for young men and women, when, incarnated as a wolf, a young man had to demonstrate his hunting skills and martial courage by bringing down his first aurochs. The ancient Slavs took their cues from these formidable animals, who neglected to protect their herds. They strove to teach the younger generation to attack and defend themselves, to demonstrate resourcefulness and resilience, endurance, courage, the ability to unite to repel enemies, to protect the weak, and to find the enemy's weakness. For many years, aurochs, wild bulls, served as a symbol of honor and courage. Aurochs' horns were used to make cups and horns, which were used as a call to arms during military campaigns, and especially large horns were even used to make bows. But Turitsy is also a shepherd's festival, when the community invites a shepherd for the next season, negotiates with him for work, entrusting him with the precious flock for a long time. The shepherd, a servant of Veles, sets alcoholic beverages on the communal table, and the community serves food, celebrating their agreement with the festival. From this moment on, the shepherd assumes the care of the herd, and the aurochs assist him in this task, protecting young heifers and cows preparing for calving in February from various misfortunes and diseases.
January 12th is Babiy Kut (also the name of a holiday). In Rus', this was the name for the woman's corner—the place near the stove where household items were kept and where the housewife spent a lot of time. This place was also called the sun.

January 19th is the day of the brownie's treats. The brownie should generally be fed periodically, but on this day, he should not be left without treats.
February 2nd - Gromnitsa. Gromnitsa marks the boundary between winter and spring, which is why the common people explain the second name of the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord as the meeting of winter and spring: on the Meeting of the Lord, winter met spring; on the Meeting of the Lord, the sun turned to summer, and winter turned to frost. Thunderstorms rage throughout the winter day.
February 3rd - Pochinki. Farmers would begin repairing their farm equipment early in the morning immediately after the Meeting of the Lord, calling this February day "Pochinki."
February 11th is Veles Day. Great Veles Day is a day dedicated to Veles. All nature still lingers in an icy slumber. And only the solitary Veles, playing his magic flute, wanders through towns and villages, keeping people from becoming sad.
Grandfathers' Days. These days are celebrated several times (three to six) a year; their number and significance vary by region (for example, autumnal Grandfathers' Days are known, falling in late October - early November). According to beliefs, on these days, the deceased (grandfathers, souls, parents, and the dead) come to their homes for a memorial dinner (which may also be called a "grandfather's day"). The main ritual dishes for Grandfathers' Days were syta and kutia, sometimes oatmeal jelly and blini. Commemoration ceremonies are held several times a year, with the ceremony always taking place on a Saturday.
Rusalia/mermaid days. Held before major holidays. During this time, mermaids emerge from the waters, which is dangerous for humans.