…Just as in the house, there were place spirits: dvorovyi for the garden, bannik for the bath, ovinnik for the drying shed, gumennik for the barn, polevik for the fields, etc. There were also female fairies called kikimora who helped hardworking housewives and punished lazy ones. The forest spirits leshii were particularly closely connected with human life. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kikimora" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…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。人間の生活ととりわけ深いかかわりをもったのが森の精レーシーleshiiである。… ※「キキーモラ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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