Likho

Licho (Russian, Ukrainian: лихо, Belarusian: ліха, Polish: Licho ) is a spirit of unhappiness and the evil fate in Slavic mythology and is usually represented as a one-eyed, very thin woman in black clothes. Licho not belong to the Slavic pantheon, but immersed in fairy tales and horror stories on. Some of these tales have parallels to the Cyclops of Greek mythology.

The stories and fairy tales by pursuing Licho a man and bring him bad luck and misfortune, sometimes for a lifetime. It appears for several reasons, such as when a person is weak against temptation and addictive. Licho rid of them is difficult and requires a lot of skill and cunning. In the fairy tale different encounters and their output are mentioned with Licho:

  • A person outwitted Licho like Odysseus, the Cyclops
  • Licho outwits a man and rides on his back. Man jumps into the river to drown Licho, but drowns himself, and Licho swims away and looks for new victims
  • Licho is packaged as a gift and handed over to another person
  • Licho eating on a man. However, it is mostly used to scare small children.

The word Licho is not a proper name which meant literally translates to " bad luck ", "bad luck". Licho comes from the Old Russian and means something like " Overkill", "too much". The Russian word " lischniy " ( лишний ), which includes Licho in the root, means " one too many ". There are also many phrases with respect to Licho, such as:

  • " Awaken Licho not as long as it sleeps", "do not remember with Licho " ( remember having bad thoughts about someone), " a lot of Licho swallow " ( much suffering experienced) " how expensive is Licho pounds " (very much suffering experienced), " Licho know it " ( nobody knows ), " Quiet, Licho not sleep! "

And designations of human qualities:

  • " Lichoi " ( лихой ) ( person who is cocky ), " lichoimez " ( usurers ), " lichodej " ( лиходей ) ( a villain )
  • Slavic mythology
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