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- From the Greek language the word "aspid" is translated as a poisonous snake. In ancient times, the Aspide was called the insidious terrible snake, which kept people in awe and the mere mention of it, caused a shiver throughout the body.
May 8, 2021 · The Aspid suffers like most of Slavic mythology from a lack of primary sources about the creature. All that remains is a few tales of the dragon, and even some of those are conflicting. A dragon is a dragon, though, and all those stories confirm the Aspid could be a destructive beast. The main conflict between stories is what form the Aspid ...
An aspid is what or who? According to the biblical legend, this is a terrible and poisonous serpent with horns, with white and black spots of sandy color, scattered on the skin. He appeared in the imagination of people as a winged dragon with two paws and a bird's beak.
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The Alatyr is a stone that has magical and healing properties. It’s a kind of “father of all stones.” You can find it in the center of the world, in the middle of the Ocean-Sea (a fascinating place I talk about in a previous post). You can also find it on the legendary island of Buyan. The legends say that it is the sea of the World Tree or sometim...
The Alkonost is a paradise bird who resides in Aer, the garden of the gods, or the Slavic mythological version of heaven. The Alkonost has an incredible voice, and anyone who hears her song can forget everything in the world and lose himself in the search for paradise. However, if the Sirin can sometimes have evil intentions, the Alkonost is entire...
The Anchutka is a small evil spirit, usually residing in water or the swamp. Thought it doesn’t have wings, it can fly. Another strange nickname of the Anchutka is “the one without heels.” This is one of the best ways of recognizing evil forces–they always have a limp. In some stories, the Anchutka becomes “heel-less” because the wolf has bitten of...
As I work on my upcoming Slavic fantasy book series, The Frostmarked Chronicles, I'll be talking about Slavic creatures, history, and gods. Next up, the Aspi...
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"Asp" is the modern anglicisation of the word "aspis", which in antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. [1] The specific epithet, aspis, is a Greek word that means "viper". [2] It is believed that aspis referred to what is now known as the Egyptian cobra. [3]
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Aspid can spawn in biomes that have the following biome tags: Swamp; Spooky; Farming [] Aspid can be bred by feeding them: Mushroom; Combat [] Though passive and will run away upon attack, the Aspid constantly creates a cloud of poison under it which damages all creatures except Aspids.
