Children in folklore

bronze sculpture and fountain by Jérôme Duquesnoy the Elder in Brussels, Belgium

bronze sculpture and fountain by Denis-Adrien Debouvrie in Brussels, Belgium

urban legend

protagonist of jokes

Alyoshenka (, diminutive of the Russian male first name Alexey) or the Kyshtym Dwarf is believed by many to be a prematurely born female baby with many deformities found in the village of Kaolinovy, near Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia in May 1996. Subsequently, the remains were lost and only photos and videos survive. Various supernatural explanations arose.