Obinnik - Obinnik

Japanese: オビンニク - おびんにく
Obinnik - Obinnik

...When moving into a new house, it was necessary to give some kind of gift to appease the domoboy. Just as in the house, each place had its own spirit: dvorovyi for the yard, bannik for the bath, ovinnik for the drying shed, gumennik for the barn, polevik for the field, etc. There were also female fairies called kikimora who helped hardworking housewives and punished lazy ones. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Obinnik" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…新築の家に移るときには何らかの贈物をしてドモボーイの機嫌をとりむすぶ必要があった。家の中と同じように,庭にはドボローブイdvorovyi,浴室にはバンニクbannik,乾燥小屋にはオビンニクovinnik,納屋にはグメンニクgumennik,野原にはポレビークpolevikというようにそれぞれの場所の精がいた。勤勉な主婦を助け怠惰な主婦をこらしめるキキーモラkikimoraと呼ばれる女の妖精もいた。…

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