Folk Demonology. Mermaids, Witches and Devils. Anastasiia Kryvenko

How to appease a brownie, what tests do you need to pass to become a real witch, and do Ukrainian mermaids have green hair and a fish tail?

Ethnologist Anastasiia Kryvenko talks about all this in her book. Referring to the stories of real people, the author explains how our ancestors tried to combine everyday life and belief in otherworldly beings. She talks about where witches come from and what sorceresses do at Christmas and Easter. When do the dead come to the living and how to help them find their way to the afterlife? Why are mermaids dangerous and where are the devils? For each of these cases, our grandparents had their own rituals that helped protect themselves and their homes.