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Ovinnik (Slavic) Barn spirits. The Ovinnik are mischief—making spirits who live in barns. They have been known to set barns on fire. If there is a large, ragged black cat wandering around the property, it is likely an Ovinnik. They are one of the Domovoi spirits and are similar to the Bannik. — Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities, p. 368
Rituals and beliefs relating to the ovinnik were similar to those surrounding the bannik. This spirit too was consulted for New Year's divinations; his cold, prickly touch foretold unhappiness, his soft touch good fortune.” Roosters were sacrificed to this spirit also; the bird's head was chopped off over the threshold and blood was sprinkled in all four corners of the barn.” Often such ritual butcherings at the threshing barn took place on November 1, the feast of the patrons of chickens, — Russian Folk Belief, p. 61
Ovinnik. In Slavic folklore an ovinnik is a fairy spirit living in the thrashing barn; it takes on the appearance of a large and disheveled looking black cat with burning eyes. Offerings of blini, a type of pancake, is left for it; if the ovinnik is ever angered or shown disrespect it burns down the barn with the farmer's children inside of it. On the first. — Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology --Лобачев Владимир (talk) 11:54, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
