![]() Their bellowing whips up great winds when they charge through the forest surveying their territory, and all the creatures flee in terror. In some regions they have wings and a tail with black fur in others they wear white and always have swollen eyes. Some have only one eye, but all are covered in wild hair, with the cloven feet of the fauns – or the Devil himself. When appearing in human form they can be identified easily in that they never have eyelashes or brows, they might wear their shoes on the wrong feet in Yaroslavl Province in Russia they will have their skirt or kaftan wrapped in the opposite way to the local fashion. Leshies can disguise themselves as any familiar human, animal or plant of the forest. Some say they appear huge from a distance but are tiny up close. They are shapeshifting creatures, changing size and form at will: they are able to grow taller than a tree, or as short as a blade of grass. Many liken them to Greek satyrs, human from above the waist but sporting horns, claws and a bushy beard that some report as forest green, while others say they are entirely covered in moss. ![]() Known by many different names, all usually show these creatures to belong to the forests, and as being ruled by either the woodsman or the Devil. Like bears, the leshy hibernates in winter. ![]() The leshy, leshii or lyeshy is a Slavic tutelary spirit of the woods, and a protector of the trees and animals in Ukraine he is guardian of wolves above all other animals, while others say he is only servant to his favourite animal, the bear. ![]()
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