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кот-баюнstresses
lit., f.tales Croon-Cat (Sergei Aprelikov)
Кот Баюн
lit., f.tales Bayun-Cat (In Russian folklore, a huge black talking cat that lives in the Thrice-Ninth Kingdom, usually residing with Baba Yaga in her hut on chicken legs. The сat represents the forces of evil, and acts accordingly: he lulls people into sleep by telling tales or singing songs, then kills them. This hostile character appears in many Russian fairy tales. Wolverin)