| rdfs:comment | - Likho is an embodiment of evil, fate and misfortune in Slavic mythology, a creature with one eye, often depicted as an old, skinny woman in black or as an evil male goblin of forests. Rather than being included in the major canon of the Slavic belief system, the Likho is traditionally found in skazky, or tales of fantasy and adventure equivalent to Western fairy tales. There are several basic versions of tales how a person meets with Likho, with different morals of the tale: A person eventually cheats Likho as in the Odyssey. Likho is received or passed to another person with a gift.
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| abstract | - Likho is an embodiment of evil, fate and misfortune in Slavic mythology, a creature with one eye, often depicted as an old, skinny woman in black or as an evil male goblin of forests. Rather than being included in the major canon of the Slavic belief system, the Likho is traditionally found in skazky, or tales of fantasy and adventure equivalent to Western fairy tales. There are several basic versions of tales how a person meets with Likho, with different morals of the tale: A person eventually cheats Likho as in the Odyssey. A person cheats Likho, runs away (with Likho chasing him), sees a valuable thing, grabs it out of greed, the person's hand sticks to it and they have to cut off their hand. Likho cheats a person and rides on his neck. The person wants to drown Likho, jumps into a river, drowns himself, but Likho floats out, to chase other victims. Likho is received or passed to another person with a gift. Within the framework of superstitions, Likho was supposed to come and eat a person. In particular, this was used to scare small children. In Ukrainian folklore it is sometime being portrayed as type of a bad spirit that can cling to one's neck.
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