Sheka (
Cyrillic
The Cyrillic script ( ) is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking countries in Southeastern Europe, Ea ...
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dwarf
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Common uses
*Dwarf (folklore), a supernatural being from Germanic folklore
* Dwarf, a human or animal with dwarfism
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-like being in the
Turkic mythology
Turkic mythology refers to myths and legends told by the Turkic people. It features Tengrism, Tengrist and Shamanism in Central Asia, Shamanist strata of belief along with many other social and cultural constructs related to the nomadic and wa ...
, that lives in forests or derelict houses. In the legends they tend to appear in comical situations.
Sheka in
Slavic paganism
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The South Slavs, who ...
is field spirit that appears as a deformed dwarf with different coloured eyes and grass instead of hair. It appears either at noon or sunset and wear either all black or all white suits. According to local beliefs it leads wandering people in a field astray, give them diseases or ride them over with horses if they are found asleep. It enjoys pulling the hair of peasants working in the midday. It also makes little children get lost in cornfields. If it catches a person it forces him to sing, which lasts for hours.
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Türk Mitoloji Sözlüğü, Pınar Karaca(Çike)
Turkic legendary creatures
Slavic legendary creatures
Dwarves (folklore)
Forest spirits
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