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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

Shatans

Added	Wed, 11/01/2023
Hierarchy	Phenomena Неизвестные существа Spirits Шатаны
Область распространения	Belarus
Характерные признаки	→ Place → Place → Place → Forest
Sources	ru.wikipedia.org Николай Яковлевич Никифоровский "Нечистики : Свод простонародных в Витебской Белоруссии сказаний о нечистой силе", 1907

These are Belarusian mythological characters, symbols of idleness, callousness and importunity. They are known as creatures leading a completely stupid and useless lifestyle. There is no benefit from these creatures: they can wander aimlessly along roads, fields, forests for days without doing anything useful.

They were described By Nikolai Nikiforovsky in the work "Unclean. A set of folk tales about evil spirits in Vitebsk Belarus." In the academic five-volume book "Slavic Antiquities" these characters are not mentioned. In the "Mythological Dictionary" the word "shatana" is given as a synonym for Satan.

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