In paganic Slavic mythology, the Leshy (also known as Leshi, Literal-Meaning from the Forest in Russian) is a patron deity of the woodlands. The deity may be tied to the Slavic deity Porewit because he governs the woods and hunting. Additionally, a deity by the name of Svyatibor is attested in the Eastern and Western Slavic pantheons as the forest god and the ruler of the leshies. He performed the same duties as the divine Veles. The Leshy may take on any appearance, is manly and humanistic in a ... (Read More)