Vodianoi's Influence On American Culture

The malicious spirits of Slavic mythology were said to play deceits on humankind external of their homes where they were more unfriendly. Leshii, also recognized as the forest spirit was said to be able to transform into animals, but at periods morphed into relatives to mislead people. He would carry away maidens and young children, usually after a mother had exclaimed impatiently to the child “May the leshii take you away.” Moreover, is Vodianoi who enjoys and has pleasure in drowning people. There is a story of a man who love to dive for carp in a deep-water hole, where it was said that Vodianoi resided and after numerous successful carp caches the man mentioned that he would five deep to catch Vodianoi himself and bring back, but the man drowned.
It was said that when a child was born if he had certain birthmarks or was with a wolfish tuft of hair or a caul on their head, they were believed to be werewolves and vampires were created whenever a person met and untimely death, meaning that they died earlier than they were supposed to, such as by committing suicide. I mean there are several films and books dedicated to vampires such as “Dracula but the famous books and films of my teenager years the “Twilight Saga” which relate the story of a teenage vampire who falls in love with a mortal, but there are werewolves involved as well. After reading the Slavic mythology, I can understand a bit very the origins of the stories and myths about magical creatures such as vampires and