Kuma Lisa ( Macedonian and bg, Кума Лиса or Godmother Fox translated literally into English) or Lisa Patrikeyevna (russian: Лиса Патрикеевна, meaning Fox

Patrikas Patrikey Glebovich or Patrikas Narimantaitis ( rus, Патрикей Глебович, Finnish: ''Patrika Narimantinpoika'') was a grandson (or great grandson) of Gediminas who exchanged his lands in and near Starodub in Siveria for the Korela and ...

's-daughter, named after prince

, who was known as a very sly politician) or Lisichka-sestrichka ( uk, Лисичка-сестричка which means Fox-sister) is a character who is a

fox Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelve sp ...

from Macedonian,

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

n and

Ukrainia Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...

folklore Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...

. She usually plays the role of the

trickster In mythology and the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story (god, goddess, spirit, human or anthropomorphisation) who exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge and uses it to play tricks or otherwi ...

, as an

archetype The concept of an archetype (; ) appears in areas relating to behavior, historical psychology, and literary analysis. An archetype can be any of the following: # a statement, pattern of behavior, prototype, "first" form, or a main model that ot ...

. Many folk tales as well as authored works use the character of Kuma Lisa. In many tales Kuma Lisa is encountered with another character known as Kumcho Vulcho - a

wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly u ...

which is opposite to her and very often suffers from her tricks.

References

{{mythology-stub Fairy tale stock characters Russian folklore characters Bulgarian folklore Literature featuring anthropomorphic foxes Female characters in literature Fictional shapeshifters Shapeshifting Fictional foxes North Macedonia folklore