Zmey Gorynych
Slavic · numen · bylina medieval · numen
Head-counts vary by version — three is standard in the Russian and Ukrainian material, and versions with six, nine and twelve are recorded, sometimes with the heads regrowing as they are cut. The record states the standard and does not average the variants into a number no source gives.
Domains
- fire
- abduction predation
Relations
- slain by: Dobrynya Nikitich
Sources
- Reference treatments of Zmey Gorynych and of the Dobrynya Nikitich bylina.