Talk:Vodyanoy

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Strange use of "Consequently"
He usually rides along his river on a half-sunk log, making loud splashes. Consequently, he is often dubbed "grandfather" or "forefather" by the local people [my emphasis]

The implication is that riding along rivers on logs making loud splahing noises is exactly the sort of thing grandfathers do in that part of the world. Which doesn't see quite right to me. 86.13.184.107 (talk) 16:55, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Merger with Topielec
After a bit of a dive through the articles, especially in other languages, these two creatures are nearly identical and it's a question whether they warrant separate pages. Both are Slavic water spirits who, depending on the source, hang out around mills and suck people into the water, with the only real difference being the name and the source region. This is not even mentioning the fact that this article has been sitting virtually unsourced (lacking in-line citations) since 2009, with the bulk of the references being questionable internet sites in Russian. Moreover, the Topielec article already states the creatures are synonymous. — Hijérovīt&thinsp;|&thinsp;þⰁč 19:20, 26 June 2024 (UTC)


 * While there may be a case to me made for merging, since the creature is known across in Russian as Vodyanoy or Vodyanik, in Czech form Vodník, etc., it makes sense to collect them under these "waterman" type names, and not under the etymologically different Polish name "Topielec" which apparently means "drowned" or "drowner". --Kiyoweap (talk) 03:07, 27 June 2024 (UTC)


 * : Similar folk tales exist from Ireland to Japan. This is a cultural topic and a merge is unwarranted. —Legoless (talk) 23:04, 8 July 2024 (UTC)