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  • Polevik Variations: Polevoi, Polevoy, Polewik The polevik of Polish fairy lore are described as looking bipedal goats, they are NATURE SPIRITS — Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology

  • Polevik (Russian, Slavic) Also known as: Polevoi, Polevoy. Spirit of the field. If you are drunk and fall asleep in a field, a Polevik may attack and murder you. A Polevik is usually dressed in white. He may have grass in place of hair. He could appear as a dwarf with two different color eyes. The female version may be Poludnitsa, who is not as vicious. Sometimes shown in white. — Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities

  • The outward appearance of the Polevik varied according to region. Sometimes he was simply someone 'dressed in white'. Sometimes the Polevik had a body as black as earth and two eyes of different colours. Instead of hair, long green grass grew on his head. At times he would appear in the guise of a deformed dwarf who spoke a human language. The Polevik liked to amuse himself in the same fashion as the Leshy by misguiding belated travellers. — New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, p. 291

  • The Polevik appears at noon or before sunsei; and at time it is unsafe to take a nap in the field, for the Polevik, roaming about on horseback, will ride over those who are sleeping there, or will send disease upon them. He runs away before the swing of the scythe and hides among the stalks that are still standing; when the last ears are cut, he gets into the hands of the reaper and is brought to the barn with the final sheaf. — Slavic mythical beliefs, p. 203

  • The Polevik. horse or afflict you with disease. His children run through the fields, catching birds for their parents to eat. To appease a mischievous or annoying Polevik, place two eggs and a cock too old to crow in a ditch, but without letting anyone see you. Until harvest time, the Polevik is as tall as a cornstalk, but then shrinks to the size of a stubble. He runs away from the farmers with their scythes, hiding among the stalks, but he is always caught and brought to the barn with the final. — Slavic Sorcery: Shamanic Journey of Initiation, p. 151, 206

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