Just to jog us all out of our Indo-European mindsets, here's a
wonderful article on Votian Water Spirits and veneration. The article
appears in the Folklore e-journal assembled in Estonia:
http://haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/vol12/spirits.htm
The author describes the Votians as "Baltic Finnic people on the verge of
extinction, the last representatives of which are living in three villages
in the Kingissepp district of Leningrad oblast." Be sure to click on the
illustration of a camera to see the accompanying photos and map.
Francine Nicholson
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