Not only in Slavic mythology is the swamp associated with a ruined, unclean, bad place. Since ancient times, the swamp has been frightening not only with night glow, whose lights are called “dead candles”, but also with sharp sounds, loud smacking, sighs. It seems that the quagmire is only waiting for self-confident, careless travelers to lure and destroy the unfortunate, very often to the sure death of the belated travelers the kikimora is swamped, who loudly calls for help.
Creepy monster or unfortunate maid?
Most legends describe kikimora as a terrible creature, almost a monster, up and down, shrouded in a row of algae and moss. You can see it extremely rarely, but almost everyone can hear it. But everyone who hears her lingering call is doomed to a painful terrible death in a quagmire. After all, a man brought into a swamp by kikimore feels terrible dizziness, his limbs seem to paralyze. And no matter if he is trying to flee in a panic or is standing silently, his fate is a foregone conclusion. Also, the kikimora swamp was repeatedly seen in the theft of the children of the villagers, who were left unattended. But there is another way, if the kikimora of the swamp is a virgin who drowned in a quagmire of a swamp, then she looks quite attractive. Green-eyed, dark-haired, with sensual lips, a pretty sexy beauty is quite capable of captivating a berry or mushroom picker not only with pleas for help, but also with an attractive appearance.
Moreover, her slender camp is partially only hidden by mud, and a wreath of swamp flowers adorns her head. There is a third version of the appearance of the mysterious creature, according to which the kikimora the swamp is a girl who was cursed by her mother in the womb. If a girl died as a baby before baptism or was born of a
fiery snake-tempter, then she also has a direct road to kikimory. After the girl grows up, she is given to marry a brownie or the goblin. The kikimora who married the brownie is naughty with the hubby in the house, and the one who made an alliance with the goblin is called kikimora marsh and lives in the swamp.
Folk character goes to the masses
On the basis of many Slavic beliefs and traditions, fairy tales, legends, cartoons and even songs are born. Just recently, the famous Russian pop singer, actress Lolita Milyavskaya performed the musical composition “Kikimora Swamp”, the song turned out to be touching, paying attention to the heavy female share of kikimora, who spends her days and nights alone, urgently requires her husband. Funny, especially in the extravagant manner of performing eccentric Lolita. The most famous cartoon, in which the main character is kikimora marsh, is the creation of the Soyuzmultfilm studio - the animated film Glasha and Kikimora, released in 1992. A wonderful multifaceted character - kikimora swamp, a cartoon with her in the title role will always be interesting and entertaining.
Unbelievable, but it is a fact
Shishimora, kikimora, shishiga - all these are the names of the ancient spirit, fairy-tale character, mythological creature. However, a recently announced fact makes even the most inveterate skeptic think for a while. In the Urals, a man who returned from hunting brought his prey. She turned out to be a green monster, all covered with mud, surprisingly similar to the prehistoric creature of ichthyosteg. Although scientists claim that these animals lived about 300 million years ago and were a transitional form of life from aquatic living organisms to terrestrial. Perhaps, under the guise of kikimory, an unexplained and incomprehensible image hid a surviving specimen of a prehistoric animal?