Shulikuns ( Shilikuns / Shilikuns, Chilikuns / Chilikuns, Shalygans / Shalyhans, Shulukans / Shulukyuns ) - among the Russian population in the north of the European part of Russia, the Kama region, the Urals, Siberia, the Far East the name of the holy spirits - seasonal spirits that come out on New Year's Eve water to the earth, and after Baptism go back to the rivers and the ice-hole [1] .
According to popular beliefs, shulikuns run around the streets with hot coals on an iron frying pan or an iron hot hook in their hands with which they can grab people (“hook and burn”), or ride horses, on triples, on stupas or “hot” stoves. They are often tall with a fist, sometimes bigger, they can have horse legs and a pointed head (cf. Damn ), fire burns from their mouths, wear white self-woven caftans with sashes and pointed caps. Shulikuns at Christmas time throng at intersections of roads or near an ice hole, in a forest, tease drunk people, circle them and push them into the mud without causing much harm, but can lure them into an ice hole and drown them in a river [2] .
According to Vologda's ideas, damned or ruined babies become shulikuns [2] .
Content
- 1 See also
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
See also
- Karakonjul
- Kikimora
Notes
- ↑ Berezovich, Vinogradova, 2012 , p. 583.
- ↑ 1 2 Tolstoy, 1990 , p. 609.
Literature
- Shulikuns / Berezovich E.L., Vinogradova L.N. // Slavic antiquities : Ethnolinguistic dictionary: in 5 volumes / under the general. ed. N. I. Tolstoy ; Institute of Slavic Studies RAS . - M .: Int. Relations , 2012. - V. 5: C (Fairy Tale) - I (Lizard). - S. 583-585. - ISBN 978-5-7133-1380-7 .
- Shulikuns / Tolstoy N.I. // Mythological Dictionary / Ch. ed. E. M. Meletinsky . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1990. - P. 609. - ISBN 5-85270-032-0 .