'''Chlvnik''' is a Russian household spirit who lives in the cattleshed.
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...le from the main dwelling, so the ovinnik was also kept well away from the household. To persuade him not to start fires, peasants periodically offered him roos
Like other Slavic household spirits, the ovinnik could divine the future. On New Year's Eve, peasants would all
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...wbachod''' or otherwise known as the '''Bwca''' or '''Bwbach''' is a Welsh household spirit that belong to the same family as [[brownie]]s.
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'''Aitvaras''' is a household spirit in [[Lithuanian mythology]]. Other names are: '''Kaukas, Pūkis, Dam
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In Japanese Mythology, '''Mokumokuren''' (目目連) are spirits that live in torn shōji (Japanese paper sliding walls).
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'''Domovoi''' are house [[Spiritual being|spirits]] found in [[:Category:Slavic mythology|Slavic folklore]]. They are usually
..., as they are seen as protectors of the home, and they sometimes help with household chores. Some families even treat them as a part of the family, albeit an un
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...''larvae''' (singular ''larva'') or '''lemures''' (singular ''lemur'') are spirits of the dead in Roman mythology.
Some Roman writers describe lemures as the common name for all the spirits of the dead, and divide them into two classes:
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...at they delight in tripping people and wreaking general havoc, like making household items drop and break.
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Lares are Roman guardian spirits of house and fields. The cult of the Lares is probably derived from the wor
...came conflated with other [[Roman mythology|Roman]] deities and protective spirits such as [[Mani]s, deities of [[Hades]]. and [[Penate]]s.
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'''Petermännchen''' is a household spirit who is said to live in the Schwerin Castle in Schwerin, Mecklenburg,
...Schwerin castle, fled leaving his servants, the spirits. Eventually these spirits also departed, except for one: Petermännchen, who would not leave his post
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...' (lit. “hair-cutter”) (also '''Kami-kiri''' or '''kamikui''') are ghostly spirits in Japanese mythology.
...und! There was an accident one year before and someone’s hair got cut in a household called Kohinatashikenyashiki. At that time that person who had their hair c
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...en on a temporary transformation, and these bakemono are distinct from the spirits of the dead. In common usage, any bizarre apparition can be referred to as
...ossess a soul in Shinto and other animistic traditions. Obake derived from household objects are often called tsukumogami.
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...''bogan'', ''[[bogle]]'' or ''boggle'') is a [[:Category:Household spirits|household spirit]], sometimes mischievous, sometimes helpful.
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...make people ill, but it can also mean that very small or invisible haltija-spirits are attached to a person. However, if someone goes fishing, (s)he can ask f
*Väki of death (kalman väki) means ghosts and spirits, but also magical power that can be found from graveyard. This power can ma
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...de, Billie Blin''', or '''Belly Blin''' is an English and Lowland Scottish household spirit, similar to the [[brownie]].
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...arass humans through they are not considered inherently evil. As household spirits ,they sometimes perform domestic chores, but play malicious tricks if not a
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...''' are tiny men who live underground, in mushrooms, or else are household spirits helping in the home.
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'''Baku''' (獏 or 貘, also known as "dream eaters") are spirits found in Chinese and Japanese mythology that devour dreams and nightmares.
...enign creatures who aid human being s by eating [[nightmare]]s or the evil spirits that cause such dreams. Sometimes they do this unbidden, but other legends
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...murder and other sins. The name became a generic term for a class of evil spirits.
...into Cæsar's house privately, and there kill himself upon the altar of his household gods, to bring divine vengeance upon him; but the fear of torture put him o
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This beneficent household demon may also be propitiated by food which they expect to see converted in
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...d attention, pixies would sometimes even help the family by tidying up the household during the night.
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*In late 1918, an Afrikaans household in Steynsrust, in the Orange Free State and near the Lesotho border, was tr
...ms were the Sejake family of Motlonyane village, near Mafikeng (Mafeking). Household objects were thrown about, insulting writing appeared on walls, family memb
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...character (隠) meaning to hide or conceal, as oni were originally invisible spirits or gods which caused disasters, disease, and other unpleasant things. These
...form of an ogre's face, ferocious scowls intended to frighten away harmful spirits. On the other hand, monkey statues are thought to guard against oni, since
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...lfth Night). She would know whether the children and young servants of the household had behaved well and worked hard all year. If they had, they might find a s
...chten during the 16th century and went from house to house driving out bad spirits.
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...king after them all alone. He gets no help from the boys and has to do the household chores on his own. So one of the little boys goes in search of a brownie to
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...an be either benevolent or malevolent. Chinese folklore also contains fox spirits with many similarities to kitsune, including the possibility of nine tails.
...y a kitsune will take a liking to and attach itself to a certain person or household; as long as it is treated with respect, it will use its powers for the bene
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'''Yōkai''' (妖怪, "apparitions", "spirits", or "demons") are a class of obake, creatures in Japanese folklore ranging
...sukumogami]]'' are an entire class of yōkai and obake, comprising ordinary household items that have come to life on the anniversary of their one-hundredth birt
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...enstrual blood]], [[urine]] and [[semen]]. Contact with ancestors or other spirits of the dead is an important practice within the conjure tradition, and the
...bath crystals, and colognes. Many [[patent medicine]]s, [[cosmetics]], and household cleaning supplies have been also aimed at hoodoo practitioners and have fou
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