{"product_id":"spirit-beings-in-european-folklore-3","title":"Spirit Beings in European Folklore 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eCompendium 3 of the Spirit Beings in European Folklore-series offers an overview of the mysterious, sometimes beautiful and often shadowy entities of the Slavic countries, the Balkans, the Carpathians, Albania, Georgia, and the Turkish and Romani peoples. Many types of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVampires\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand vampiric\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRevenants\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eare included – in their original state and purged of later applied disinformation. The undead are prominent in the folklore of Eastern Europe and Albania. Also typical are farm- and household-spirits such as the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDomovoy\u003c\/em\u003e, water-spirits and forest demons like the Russian\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeshy\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChuhaister\u003c\/em\u003e, or the evil Polish\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBełt\u003c\/em\u003e, who like the Ukrainian\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlud\u003c\/em\u003e, leads travelers off their path until they are lost in the deepest part of the forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnique is the Russian\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBannik\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor spirit of the bathhouse. Amongst the Slavs, some ‘demons’, like the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoginka\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor example, originally belonged to the pre-Christian pantheon. Eastern Europe, in contrast to its returning dead, is rich in seductive female spirits such as the Romanian\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIele\u003c\/em\u003e, the Russian\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRussalka\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVila\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof the Eastern and Southern Slavs and the Bulgarian Samodiva. Via the Balkans, Greek influences entered Slavic culture, while there are also spirits that intersect Germanic and Nordic folklore.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VAMzzz Occult Bookstore Global","offers":[{"title":"ENG- English","offer_id":54596095967571,"sku":"9789492355577","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1092\/1302\/4595\/files\/057_spiritbeings3.jpg?v=1786804617","url":"https:\/\/global.vamzzz.com\/products\/spirit-beings-in-european-folklore-3","provider":"VAMzzz Global Occult Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}