Creatures
- Alkonost - A legendary bird with the head and chest of a woman
- Bukavac - A six-legged monster with gnarled horns who lived in lakes and attacked during the night
- Cikavac - A winged animal that would fulfill its owner's wishes and enable its owner to understand the animal language
- Firebird - A magical glowing bird which is both a blessing and bringer of doom to its captor
- Gamayun - A prophetic bird with the head of a woman
- KarzeĊek - A dwarf who lived in mines and underground workings, and was a guardian of gems, crystals, and precious metals
- Psoglav - A demonic creature described as having a human body with horse legs, and dog's head with iron teeth and a single eye on the forehead
- Psotnik - An elf
- Simargl - The father of Skif, founder of Scythia; often portrayed as a large dog with wings
- Sirin - A creature with the head and chest of a woman and the body of a bird
- Zmey - A dragon-like creature
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Famous quotes containing the word creatures:
“Some creatures are made to see in the dark.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Upon the creatures we have made,
We are, ourselves, at last, dependent.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Of all God’s creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)