Slavic demons

thumb|The Vampire, by Philip Burne-Jones, 1897|alt=A black and white painting of a man lying on a table, while a woman is kneeling over him.

Slavic deity of darkness

Slavic mythological creature, personification of sunstroke

thumb|Caricature of Napoleon with a chort thumb|A Ukrainian disguised as a Czort on Malanka A chort (, Belarusian and , or , and , Czech and , ) is an anthropomorphic malign spirit or demon in Slavic folk tradition. Chorts are often depicted identically to Christian devils, with horns, hooves, and a skinny tail. In Slavic mythology, a singular chort is sometimes identified as a son of the god Chernobog and the goddess Mara. In folk Christianity, they are considered lesser minions of Satan.

mythological creature

thumb|right|282px Bies (Polish), bes ( , Slovene, Montenegrin) or bijes (Bosnian, Croatian) is an evil spirit or demon in Slavic mythology. Under the influence of Christianity the word often became synonymous with chort.

Spirit in Russian folklore

thumb|302x302px|Burning the exhumed body of a person believed to be a vampire – Vampire, aut. R. de Moraine, 1864 thumb|Fight with an upiór – Maciej Sieńczyk Upiór is a demonic being from Slavic and Turkic folklore, a prototype of the vampire. It is suggested that the () belief spread across the Eurasian steppes through the migrations of the Kipchak-Cuman people, after having its origins in the regions surrounding the Volga (İtil) River and the Pontic steppes. The modern word "vampire" derives from the Old Slavic and Turkic form "" (), with the addition of the sound "v-" before a large nasal v

thumb|Boginka in Mullein by [[Jacek Malczewski (1888) ]] In Polish pagan mythology, boginki (singular: boginka) are female spirits or demons of wild nature: forest, field, mountains, or water (both of land and sea) and is often a personification of the forces of nature. The word literally means "minor goddess" in Polish and may be translated as "fairy" or "nymph". They were usually imagined as either ugly old hags or pretty young girls, usually naked. They are usually evil.

demon of the Lenchitsky Castle in Poland

Pereplut is a Slavic deity or a demon with an unclear function. It appears in the list of gods and demons of the 12th-century Ruthenian interpolation of the Word of St. Grigory (the manuscript itself dates from the 15th century), as well as in the Word of St. John. According to the source account, pagan Slavs worshiped :

thumb|220px|Psoglav. Psoglav (, literally "doghead") is a demonic mythical creature in Balkan mythology; belief about it existed in parts of Bosnia and Montenegro. Psoglav was described as having a human body with horse legs, a dog's head with iron teeth, and a single eye on the forehead.

mythical character

Bukavac () is a demonic mythical creature in Slavic mythology. Belief in it existed in Syrmia.

Stuhać () is a demonic mythical creature in Serbian mythology, recorded in Herzegovina. Though its name is similar with zduhać, there is no actual similarity.

tutelary deity