Tagged: Prezpolnica

12/22/2023

Beyond Official Narratives: The Persistence of Pagan Spirit Beings in European Culture

Until the era of industrialization, Europe was predominantly a mosaic of agrarian cultures marked by local fertility-related rituals. Agricultural demons played a crucial role in daily life and every year they had to be...

Demonology / Folklore

03/02/2020

The Domovoy and other Fairies of Russian folklore

In his Songs of the Russian People, W. R. S. Ralston gives us interesting information about the inferior inhabitants of their spirit-world, among them is the Domovoy (plural Domovuie). The belief in these beings...