Wife or husband counterpart with inverse power
A motif · Form
2 figures carry it.
Carried by
Kikimora
Where the domovoi is generally gruff but paternal, the Kikimora is consistently the more malevolent or unsettling presence of the two
Trauco
Tradition identifies the Fiura as the Trauco's wife, sometimes called the Trauca, a female forest being who likewise attracts and seduces men despite being extremely ugly, using a harmonious voice and an enchanting, magical breath; where the two figures contrast is that she then curses or deforms those men, leaving some part of their body twisted, or drives them to madness.