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vodyanoy
Sign in to saveAlso known as vodyanoi, vodyanik, vodník, hastrman
thumb|Vodyanoy by Ivan Bilibin, 1934
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- Russia
- Habitat
- Appearance
- Offering and boon
- Mount
- Attacks on humans
- Family
- Other folklores
- Czech Republic
- Physical description
- Man-snatching
- As frogs
- Slovakia
- Appearances
- Frog wives
- Companion spirits
- Bolotnik
- Vodyanitsa
- Cultural references
- In games
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thumb|Vodyanoy by Ivan Bilibin, 1934
In Slavic mythology, vodyanoy (; lit. '[he] from the water' or 'watery') is a water spirit. In Czech and Slovak fairy tales, he is called vodník (or in Germanized form: ''''), and often referred to as Wassermann in German sources. In Ukrainian fairy tales, he is called “водяник“ (vodyanyk).
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