Domovoi

by Cyril Korolev

 
In Russian folklore a domovoy is a household spirit, also called “the grandfather” and “the master”. He looks like a tiny old man whose face is covered with white fur, or as a double of the head of a house. There is a legend on the origin of the domovye (plural): when the evil host had been thrown out of the sky, some malicious spirits fell into human habitats. Living near the mortals those spirits became soft and friendly in time – so to say, transformed into a kind of mischievous helpers.