Slavic tutelary deities

thumb|Vodyanoy by Ivan Bilibin, 1934

thumb|upright=1.3|Domovoy, by Ivan Bilibin (1934)

Leshy or Leshi is a tutelary deity of the forest in pagan Slavic mythology. As Leshy rules over the forest and hunting, he may be related to the Slavic god Porewit.

thumb|Bannik near a Bucket of Water by Ivan Bilibin, 1934 The Bannik () is a bathhouse (banya) spirit in Slavic mythology. He is usually described as a small, naked old man with a long beard, his body covered in the birch leaves left over from well used bath brooms. Many accounts also claim that he is a shapeshifter and can appear as a local person to someone who stumbles across him, or even as a stone or coal in the oven heating the bathhouse. Slavic bathhouses resemble saunas, with an inner steaming room and an outer changing room. A place where women gave birth and practiced divinations, th

thumb|Polevik by Ivan Bilibin Polevik or Polewik in Slavic mythology are field spirits that appear as a deformed creatures with different coloured eyes and grass instead of hair. They appear either at noon or sunset and wear either all black or all white suits. They are also described in south Russian folklore as field spirits with green hair. According to local beliefs they lead wandering people in a field astray, give them diseases or ride them over with their horses if they are found asleep.

thumb|Ovinnik by Ivan Bilibin The Ovinnik (), Joŭnik or Jovnik () is a malevolent spirit of the threshing house in Slavic folklore whose name derived from ovin 'barn'. He is prone to burning down the threshing houses by setting fire to the grain. To placate him, peasants would offer him roosters and bliny. On New Year's Eve, the touch of an Ovinnik would determine their fortune for the New Year. A warm touch meant good luck and fortune, while a cold touch meant unhappiness.

The Dvorovoy () is a Slavic spirit of the courtyard. It was associated with a farmstead's grounds, cattle shed, and stable. The dvorovoy is similar to the house spirit domovoi, though it is less benevolent. A dvorovoy is considered more dangerous than a domovoi as it could pose a threat to livestock, particularly animals with white fur.

character in Slavic mythology

In Slavic mythology, bolotnik (, ; from boloto, "swamp"), balotnik (), bolotianyk () or błotnik (Polish; [ˈbwɔtnik]; "mud" or "puddle") is a male swamp spirit. There are many descriptions of bolotnik. Usually he was portrayed as a man or an old man who has big, frog-like eyes, a green beard and long hair. His body is covered with dirt, algae and fish scales. The legends from the Vitebsk Governorate of Russia said that bolotnik is a dirty, fat, eyeless creature that motionlessly sits at the bottom of the swamp. In some accounts bolotnik is also said to have long arms and a tail. Just like the m

thumb|right|Sculpture of Zhytsen, by Belarusian sculptor Anton Shipitsa on the basis of illustrations of Valery Slauk