Leshy is the forest spirit in Slavic mythology, who protects animals and cares of the woods.
He enjoys playing tricks on people and can make them lost. Leshy can change his size
and appearance and look like a giant, an animal, a young or an old man.
Forest plays an important role in Slavic folklore and appeares in many tales. It is mysterious and dangerous. It can be kind and help the hero detaining his enemies.
Or it can be a deadly trap where the hero can meet evil supernatural creatures.
Elena the Wise is an astounding beauty and magician. She is smart and wise, has a Magic book with answers on all questions.
Bear is a very common animal in Slavic folklore. These characters are from the folktale "Tree Bears", which is retell of an old British tale. A badly behaved girl came uninvited to bears' house, ate their food, broke a chair and slept in the bed of a bear cub. The girl, called Masha, gets her name, from another story «Masha and a Bear».
The Mistress of the Copper Mountain is a character of the Ural Mountains folktales collected by Pavel Bazhov. She is a mountain spirit and is the owner and protector of hidden treasures. The Mistress of the Mountains has the appearance of extremely beaitiful girl with green eyes or a giant lizard with a crown. She wears a dress made of malachite and always surrounded by tiny lizards.
Kikimora in Slavic folklore is a bad home spirit. Swamp kikimora is a forest spirit, usually small ugly women, with long nose, and grass or waterplants in her hair. She scares travellers with noises, sudden sounds and could lead them right into the swamp.
Zmey Gorynych is a Slavic fire-breathing dragon. He usually has three heads, but sometimes can have nine or even twelve. He is an evil character with a bad habit of stealing young women. My dragon is friendly and loves strawberries.
Baba Yaga is the most famous witch of Slavic folktales. Usually it's an ugly old lady, who lives in forest, in the House with Chicken Legs, flies through the air in mortar and owns some artifacts, such as magic ball of yarn, that shows the hero the right direction.
In Slavic folk tales a House with Chicken Legs is a dwelling of a witch named Baba Yaga.
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