Talk:Dvorovoy

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For more tales of the Dvorovoi and other Russian myth, check out the fiction of C.J. Cherryh, particulary the trilogy that starts with the book Rusalka. Like all her fiction a good read; and since she is well schooled as a antropologist, you can trust that all her creatures are well researched.I hope this helps anyone interested, yours, G. Gartiser.

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 * "The Dvorovoi or Yard Spirit, for example, can be downright malicious. It is said that he hates all white animals, whether cats, dogs, or horses. Only chickens are immune, because these are protected by a special divinity of chickens, who is represented by a round stone with a hole in it that is sometimes found in fields. A Dvorovoi can even be fatally dangerous. An old tale tells of how a Dvorovoi fell in love with a mortal woman and lived with her for several years, plaiting her hair. — Slavic Sorcery: Shamanic Journey of Initiation"
 * "DVOROVOI In Russian folklore this is the spirit of the farmyard. He hated beasts with white fur and would tease them, but he would tolerate white hens. Young calves and foals were not safe from his malevolence, and had to be reared in the farmhouse until they were strong enough to withstand the Dvorovoi's teasing. — Spirits, Fairies, Gnomes, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia of the Little People"
 * "The domovoi, or spirit of the house, is the most important and frequently encountered domestic spirit, and, indeed, the others— the dvorovoi (spirit of the yard), bannik (spirit of the bathhouse), and ovinnik (spirit of the threshing barn)— seem to represent subdivisions of the domovoi.2 The narratives about domestic spirits presented here are concerned almost exclusively with the domovoi, though one story concerning the more evil-natured dvorovoi is included. — Soviet Anthropology and Archeology"
 * "The dvorovoi is a figure extremely close to the domovoi it its main occupation is the care of the livestock. Here before us is nothing other than the division of the image of the domovo i, a part of whose function receives an independent personification: purely domestic matters and the general protection of the family are the task of the domovoi, and matters of the yard pass on to the dvorovoi. — Materials for the Study of Russian Folklore" --Лобачев Владимир (talk) 07:29, 26 April 2018 (UTC)