Devil Boruta
![]() | This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2017) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Boruta.jpg/249px-Boruta.jpg)
Devil Boruta (Polish: Diabeł Boruta) is a fictional character from Polish mythology, folklore and literature, associated with the Polish town of Łęczyca.[1]
The character is the transformation of the pagan Slavic demon leshy in post-Christianization times. Boruta is also referred to as błotnik,[2][3] a swamp spirit known in the mythology of the Kashubians and especially the Eastern Slavs, where he is called a bolotnik. The bolotnik was sometimes considered a species of leshy.
He was usually considered to be a nobleman, and accordingly, he was usually busy with corrupting nobles, leaving other social classes to other devils - like the devil from the same region, who more often tempted peasants. Tales that do mention his coat of arms overwhelmingly say it's Nowina - albeit, with Polish coat of arms being often shared among a number of unrelated families, this did not lay any shame upon its other users.
References[]
![]() |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boruta. |
![]() |
Wikisource has original text related to this article: |
- ^ Barbara Podgórska Adam Podgórski, Wielka Księga Demonów Polskich - leksykon i antologia demonologii ludowej Katowice, 2005, ISBN 83-89375-40-0, pp. 62-63.
- ^ Fischer, A. (1928). Diabeł w wierzeniach ludu polskiego, pp. 208.
- ^ Pełka, Leonard (1987). Polska demonologia ludowa. Warszawa: Iskry. pp.187.
- Slavic mythology
- Polish legends
- Slavic demons