A water creature in Slavic lore. He drowns humans and sometimes makes them his slaves.
With his Rusalka wife, he lives at the bottom of lakes. He catches and eats people who venture near the water. He appears as a merman or frogman, but is said to be able to change his shape to human.
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Names in Other Languages
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Japanese
ヴォジャノーイ
Vodyanoy. Russian equivalent of Ukrainian vodyanik.