page_title: Kikimora
hierarchical_section_title: Kikimora
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of Kikimora (Slavic mythology). Painting. Русский: Кикимора. Рисунок Ивана Билибина. 1934 год.
context_page_description: Kikimora is a legendary creature, a female house spirit in Slavic mythology. Her role in the house is usually juxtaposed with that of the domovoy, whereas one of them is considered a "bad" spirit, and the other, a "good" one. When the kikimora inhabits a house, she lives behind the stove or in the cellar, and usually produces noises similar to those made by the mice in order to obtain food. Kikimory were the first traditional explanation for sleep paralysis in Russian folklore.
context_section_description: Kikimora (Russian: кики́мора, IPA: [kʲɪˈkʲimərə]) is a legendary creature, a female house spirit in Slavic mythology. Her role in the house is usually juxtaposed with that of the domovoy, whereas one of them is considered a "bad" spirit, and the other, a "good" one. When the kikimora inhabits a house, she lives behind the stove or in the cellar, and usually produces noises similar to those made by the mice in order to obtain food. Kikimory (in plural) were the first traditional explanation for sleep paralysis in Russian folklore.
caption: Illustration of a Kikimora (1934) by Ivan Bilibin (1876-1942). (Kikimora as house-spirit and guardian of chickens - hence her depiction in chicken-like form).
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