• Rusalka (sing.) >roo-SAHW-kah< [Rus] 1 2 5 6 10 11 13 15 21 - also >roo-SAL-ka< 22 Rusalki (pl.) 2 6 9 Russalki (pl.) 11 - wilderness spirit(s) 13 - female 1 2 4 5 6 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 21 - benevolent / malevolent 1 6 11 13 15 - rivers & riverbanks 11 - water 1 2 4 5 6 11 - trees 2 6 10 16 21 - weeping willow / birch 10 21 - drowned maiden / woman 2 6 10 11 13 14 15 21 - a child who died unnamed 10 21 - girls who died young 16 - appears as beautiful maidens 6 10 21 - clothed in white 6 - naked with long flowing hair 6 - have long wavy green hair 10 21 - appears as a woman with long hair 13 15 16 - lure young men & travellers to a watery grave 6 9 13 15 - drown bathers 6 13 - sing & dance the khorovod (circle dance) in the moonlight 4 6 10 21 - pull intruders into their ring & dance them to death 21 - ruled over by Vodnik 11 - wife to Vodianoi 13 15 see Vodianikha - infer - offerings of ribbons tied to trees linens scarves eggs 6 aka Rusal[s]ka 4 aka Rusal[s]ki [Pol] 16 - ruled over by Wodnik 16 aka Rusalky [Rus] 14 aka Rusallias [Srb] 4 aka Rusalkai 6 see Khitka 4 6 15 see Loskutukha 4 15 see Shutovka 15 see Bereginy - infer see Nemodilky - infer see (the) Veles - infer see Vila - infer |
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