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ORIGINAL FICTION | SILENT WATER | STORYBUILDING FROM SLAVIC MYTHOLOGY

aschatriaPosted for Everyone to comment on, 5 years ago5 min read

Silent Water - Paranormal Manifestations - Horror Story

This is a horror story, all characters are purely fictional and brought to life for the sake of the entertainment and fun.
None of this is in any way real. Still, after reading this story, some people have told me that they will never ever leave their children to play alone, even in the security of their own home.
If you are easily influenced and affected, please do not read any further.

When I start writing a story, even if it is a pure piece of the fiction, I give my best to make it as realistic as possible, as alive as possible. There is no better field to yield the best results but one that has its roots in reality. I go by the premise that my characters have to be palpable, have to be three dimensional, have to invoke feelings in my audience, and have to have that tinkering strain of dread that make us real people while reading it to fear and hover above our loved ones so tenderly and even more that we ever did before.


Story is based on malicious Slavic myth


The entire story is based based on the folklore tales, on the Slavic myth about the demon that is - by far - the worst of them all.


Vodyanoy - male water spirit from Slavic mythology, tutelary deity (also tutelar, is a deity or spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation.


Sounds nice isn't it? Well, it is not. By mythology, this character is a homicidal maniac and a cannibal, who drowns people and plagues certain places causing chaos and madness. Unlike other evil spirits, there is no force on this world or beyond that can omit or cast him away.

If you look into the mirror and see anything but yourself, he is probably already there. Stay out of a water, and don't break any of your mirrors. Mirrors don't blink, they don't wink, they don't talk or laugh. You are not drunk nor dreaming.


It is a water dwelling spirit that lives in rivers, ponds and streams. According to the East-Slavic tradition, Vodyanoy is described as a male creature with a fat flabby body, wide face covered with greenish hair and a long green beard that stretch down to his feet.The Slavic tradition held that Vodyanoy originated from the spirit of unbaptized man or a man who committed suicide.


The creature can take a few different forms, depending on the situation- a small child, a young boy, the old man and that of what he truly is - a shapeless pile of darkness that can sit for years silently next to your bed singing you lullabies if he feels like it.

The vodianoi would drown those who angered him with boasts or insults. However, there was no certain protection, as the spirit was particularly capricious. Peasants feared the vodianoi and would often attempt to get rid of the spirit or, failing that, appease him.The only people who were generally safe from the vodianoi's anger were millers and fishermen. Millers in particular were viewed to be so close to the vodianoi that they often became seen as sorcerous figures. This may be influenced by the belief that millers yearly drown a drunk passerby as an offering to the vodianoi. Fishermen were somewhat less suspect, offering only the first of their catch with an incantation. If a vodianoi favored a fisherman, he would herd fish into the nets.

Yes, Vodyanoy can posses people, they become something else, do or say things and they don't even remember afterwards. The longer a person stays under his influence, the more Vodyanoy takes control over a body.

Even if there is no way to banish Vodyanoy, there is a way to get rid of him for a short time. I had no idea about this. In fact i had no idea about anyhting. I still don't believe in those things, they are too fantastical even for me.

It has to do something with a mirror invocation.A demon somehow possesses the reflection of a person, binds in, become a mirror image, or a second personality. This wonderful plan sounds seemingly perfect, only one thing lacking the judgment - nobody ever survived according to the tales.

Only when a body dies of natural causes Vodyanoy will leave, no other reason counts. Even then, it is not a certain thing that he will stay away.
If a person dies in an accident, war, drowning or homicide... it will return to a source.
It can't die, you can't kill it, it doesn't go away...

Think of it as an artificial intelligence within the energy matrix... It never truly disappears, it only shifts energy levels.


Links & Resources:

  1. Vodyanoy - Wikipedia
  2. Malicious Myths: The Vodyanoy from In The Dark Air blog by madmadisonplantier

Story contains 18 chapters plus introduction part and it is previously published on Steemit and my personal blogger blog , for the people who wanted to read it continuously in one piece.




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