• Bannik (sing.) >BAHN-neek< [Rus] [Ukr] 1 2 3 4 5 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 21
  Banniki (pl.) 3
  - domestic 3 6 14 /prognostic 12 14 spirit
  - male 1 2 5 6 10 12 13 14 15 21
  - benevolent / malevolent 12 13 15
  - bathhouse (bania) spirit 1 3 5 6 10 12 13 14 21
    - birthing 5 6 12
    - magic 5 6
  - banya (bathhouse) 2 11 21
  - avoid bathing singlely or at night 12
  - during Yuletide season 12
    - girls & young women allow him to touch them from behind 12
      - warm, soft touch: happiness 12
      - cold, prickly touch: warning of ill fortune 12
  - if offended could suffocate bather 12 13 15
  - if offended could burn down bania 12
    - no icons or crosses in bania 12
  - offerings of soap, fir branches, hot water 5 6 10 21
  - offerings of every third or fourth firing 5
  - offerings of water in the tub or soap on the bench 8
  - husband of the Bannikha 12 13 15
  aka Bannick 6
  aka Bannitsa 4
  aka Baniszcze [Pol] 4