Blud

Blud, one of the Slavic fairies in Slavic mythology, is an evil-deity that causes disorientation and leads a person aimlessly around and round. The term also refers to illicit fornication, the desire for which Slavic clerics claimed to come from the Devil.^[1]

References

↑ Levin, Eve, Sex and Society in the World of the Orthodox Slavs, 900-1700. pp. 46, 157, 164, 189, Cornell University Press, 1995

Slavic mythology

Major deities	Dažbog Jarilo Kresnik Mat Zemlya Perun Svarog Svetovid Triglav Veles Zaria Živa Zorya

Other deities	Belobog Berehynia Berstuk Chernobog Devana Dodola Dzydzilelya Flins Hors Karewit Kostroma Lada Marzanna Mokosh Oźwiena Porenut Porewit Porvata Radegast Rod Rugiewit Stribog Zirnitra

Legendary heroes	Alyosha Popovich Dobrynya Nikitich Đerzelez Alija Ilya Muromets Ivan Kosančić Ivan Tsarevich Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv Lech, Czech, and Rus Libuše Mikula Selyaninovich Mila Gojsalić Milan Toplica Miloš Obilić Nikita the Tanner Popiel Prince Marko Sadko Solovey-Razboynik Svyatogor Vasilisa the Beautiful Vasilisa the Wise Volga Svyatoslavich

Creatures and plants	Alkonost Cikavac Fern flower-Chervona Ruta Firebird Gamayun Indrik Ispolin Kolobok Raróg Raskovnik Simargl Sirin Ved Zmey

Spirits and demons	Ala Baba Yaga Bagiennik Bannik Baš Čelik Bauk Bies Black Arab Blud Boginki Bukavac Chort Damned Jerina Dola Domovoi Drekavac Dvorovoi Dukljan German Karzełek Kikimora Koschei Krsnik Lady Midday Leshy Likho Likhoradka Mavka Nocnitsa Ovinnik Polevik Poroniec Psoglav Rusalka Samodiva Shishiga Skrzak Strzyga Stuhać Sudice Tintilinić Topielec Vampire Vesna Vila Vodyanoy Zduhać

Related topics	Bogatyr Book of Veles Films based on Slavic mythology Polish folk beliefs Russian traditions and superstitions Serbian folk astronomy Slavic fairies Slavic fantasy Slavic neopaganism Ukrainian folklore

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