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This section contains information about phenomena that are generally believed to have a supernatural, mystical nature, and the very existence of which is currently in doubt.Phenomena Hierarchy

Vasila

Added	Fri, 03/05/2019
Hierarchy	Phenomena Неизвестные существа Spirits Духи-хранители Вазила
Другие названия	Kankach Tabunnik The barn
Область распространения	Belarus
Характерные признаки	→ → → → Place →
Sources	ru.wikipedia.org ruthenia.ru bestiary.us

The character described by P. M. Shpilevsky in the article "Belarusian folk legends".

Looks like a man with horse ears and hooves, wears human clothes. The creature lives in a stable, where it takes care of the breeding of horses, protects from diseases, protects at night in the pasture from attacks of predatory animals and evil spirits.

Modern folklore researchers consider the creature to be an author's fiction.

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