Talk:Anastasia/@comment-2A02:A03F:2CAA:4500:2990:A0C:264C:4CE3-20180106130848/@comment-32879369-20180114040251

I think that's a кикимора (Shishimora/Kikimora) spirit, initially from Slav origin and related to benign doings, later on "she" got linked with the Devil and new tales were created, it's said that carpenters dissatisfied with their payments, or when their bosses were stingy with vodka, they would make a насаженная кикимора and throw it inside or under their house in order to make a shishimora haunt them. Anastasia is using the doll to summon and/or host "her".



By Ivan Bilibin