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:
“The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“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)
“Unignorant,
modest and unemotional, and all emotion,
he has everlasting vigor,
power to grow,
though there are few creatures who can make one
breathe faster and make one erecter.”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)