Blud
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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.
Slavic fairies
Fairies in Slavic mythology come in several forms and their names are spelled differently based on the specific language. Among the ones listed below there were also khovanets , dolia , polyovyk or polevoi , perelesnyk , lesovyk or leshyi , blud , mara Fairies in Slavic mythology come in several...
in Slavic mythology
Slavic mythology
Slavic mythology is the mythological aspect of the polytheistic religion that was practised by the Slavs before Christianisation.The religion possesses many common traits with other religions descended from the Proto-Indo-European religion....
, is an evil-deity that causes disorientation and leads a person aimlessly around and round. The term also refers to illicit fornication
Fornication
Fornication typically refers to consensual sexual intercourse between two people not married to each other. For many people, the term carries a moral or religious association, but the significance of sexual acts to which the term is applied varies between religions, societies and cultures. The...
, the desire for which Slavic clerics claimed to come from the Devil.