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Bezkost is a boneless vampire from Slavic folklore. A flexible mass of skin and flesh, it can squeeze through cracks in the walls or under the door to gets to its victims. As it feeds, it fills up with blood like a balloon.

Art by J. Puciłowski

#LegendaryWednesday #Gothtober

Płanetnik is a Slavic folklore creature who moves the clouds through the sky and gathers water to release it as rain. They help farmers by watering their fields, but if slighted, they retaliate by sending storms, hail and torrential rains.

Art by Paweł Zych

#LegendaryWednesday

Świcorz is a Polish folklore creature similar to will-o'-the-wisp. They appear on wetlands. Some light a path home for lost people but those who don’t thank for their help risk a great danger as świcorz is capable of burning people alive.

Art by Paulina Śliwa

#SwampSunday

Gumiennik is a house spirit from Polish folklore who sometimes appears as a black cat. If he is treated well, he protects the stores of grain from fire, thieves and animals. But when offended, he can destroy grain stores with fire or rot.

Art by Paweł Zych

#MythologyMonday

In Polish folklore souls of drown women become topielica(s). They feed on the moonlight and sing songs that lure men towards them, into the water.
A flute made when their song can be heard will have an exceptionally beautiful sound.

Art by K. Alchimowicz

#FairyTaleTuesday

Mrzelc is a frost demon from the folklore of Kashubia region. It is a hairy creature with frozen hair. It freezes water in wells and lakes and cow’s milk in udders. It drowns people in airholes and can even freeze the Baltic Sea.

Art by Witold Vargas
#FolkloreThursday

In Slavic folklore Płanetnik was a creature who filled the clouds with water or hail and moved them around the sky. Depending on how people treated them and on their own whim, płanetniks brought favourable weather or a natural disaster.

Art by Paweł Zych
#FolkloreThursday

Dworowy is a Slavic folklore creature who protected the household. He was portrayed as an old man with a long white beard and often with multicoloured hair. He liked offerings of shiny things, sheep’s wool and good bread.

Art by Paweł Zych
#FaustianFriday

Utopiec was a dangerous Slavic water demon born of the soul of a drowned man or a miscarried foetus.
They had a green, slimy, mud-covered skin and they liked to pull people under water to drown them.

Art by Paweł Zych
#FairytaleTuesday