Презентация "Mysterious creatures"

Mysterious creatures

… some legend & myths of our region…

Monsters:

• Barabashka
• Mermaids
• Shubin
• Vodyanoy
• Chupakabra

Barabashka

Barabashka or Domovoy is a protective spirit in Slavic folklore. He is a small hairy creature with a beard. At daytime no one can see him. But when the night comes he appears to do all his undone work about the house. People believe that barabashka guards the house from evil. But sometimes he could be naughty himself. For example he could hide things or break them loudly.

Mermaid

Mermaid or as we call them – rusalka is a water nymph, a female spirit in Slavic mythology and folklore.

It is believed that the soul of a young woman who had died in a river or a lake would come back to haunt that waterway. Her main purpose is to capture young men, seduced by either her looks or her voice. Her body would instantly become very slippery and not allow the victim to cling on to her body in order to reach the surface. She would then wait until the victim had drowned, or, on some occasions, tickle them to death, as she laughed. It is also believed, that rusalki can change their appearance to match the tastes of men they are about to seduce.

Shubin

Shubin or kind Shubin is a mythical character of miner folklore. He looks like gnome , holding pick and candle to light his way. He is called Master of mine. Miners believe that he exist and always help in difficult situations. They say that he is kind but also he could be evil.

Vodyanoy

Vodyanoy is a male water spirit . He is the Master of water area & is said to appear as an old man with greenish beard, and long hair, with his body covered in algae and muck, usually covered in black fish scales. He has webbed paws instead of hands, a fish's tail, and eyes that burn like red-hot coals. He usually rides along his river on a half-sunk log, making loud splashes. Local drownings are said to be the work of the vodyanoy (or rusalkas).

When angered, the vodyanoy breaks dams, washes down water mills, and drowns people and animals. He would drag down people to his underwater dwelling to serve him as slaves.

Chupacabra

The chupacabra or literally "goat-sucker"; from chupar, "to suck", and cabra, "goat"is a legendary creature in the folklore . The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats.

Physical descriptions of the creature vary. It is a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail.

Eyewitness sightings have been claimed in Puerto Rico, and have since been reported in countries like Russia and Ukraine too.

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