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	Kikimora -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kikimora or Shishimora is a usually female spirit in (additional info and facts about Slavic mythology) Slavic mythology.
		Kikimora is a house spirit, sometimes said to be married to the (additional info and facts about Domovoi) Domovoi.
		In some tales she has a head as small as a (A small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container) thimble and a body as thin as straw.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ki/kikimora.htm (213 words)

	Kikimora - TheBestLinks.com - Slavic mythology, Domovoi, Slavic creatures of folklore, Thimble, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kikimora - TheBestLinks.com - Slavic mythology, Domovoi, Slavic creatures of folklore, Thimble,...
		Kikimora, Slavic mythology, Domovoi, Slavic creatures of folklore, Thimble...
		Kikimora is a house spirit, sometimes said to be married to the Domovoi.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Kikimora.html (228 words)

	Kikimora
		The Kikimora looks something like a chicken or the way a hen might look if she were stretched to the height of a little girl and dressed in peasant's clothes.She has a scrawny neck and a long beak and her legs and bare feet are exactly like those of a chicken.
		Kikimora is a female house spirit who usually lives in the cellar or behind the stove.
		Probably Kikimora's image had firstly appeared as an embodiment of a deceased foremother of the clan.
	www.barnyardcraft.com /kikimora.htm (351 words)

	Russian Folk Tale Characters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kikimora may drive out of the house its owners; she is hostile with men.
		Kikimora settles down in the houses which are built on a vile place (the place, where a self-murderer was buried).
		Hearing Kikimora spinning silk is an omen of a misfortune, disaster; Kikimora appears before the death of a family member- she comes out on the outside and starts crying.
	www.jcubed.ca /russiantales/kikimora.html (266 words)

	Kikimora - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Kikimora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kikimora or Shishimora is a usually female spirit in Slavic mythology.
		# Kikimora is a house spirit, sometimes said to be married to the Domovoi.
		In some tales she has a head as small as a thimble and a body as thin as straw.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Kikimora.html (203 words)

	kikimora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kikimora is a female house spirit in Slavic mythology that is sometimes said to be married to the Domowije.
		She comes out at night to spin; if she appears spinning to someone it is said that person will die.
		To appease an angry Kikimora it is said one should wash all the pots and pans in a fern tea.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /kikimora.html (189 words)

	Raison d'Etre: Chapter Two - The Blood Lover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kikimora crumpled on the ground, trying to cast a healing spell, but her voice didn't work, and even the motion of her lips caused great pain.
		Kikimora saw the exchange, and opened her mouth to just blurt out what she was feeling in typical Taru fashion, but Dheneb put a hand in front of her, silencing whatever she was going to yell at the Reverend.
		Kikimora, Dheneb and Rastaban all made the educated guess that she was a Thief.
	www.xerampelinae.net /vanadiel/raison/Raison002.htm (7630 words)

	Raison d'Etre: Chapter Three - Bards In Bastok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kikimora, and even Joe, couldn't understand why Dheneb put up with the 'abuse' of it, but the dreams he was having, and his reaction to the Mourningstone, did make him wonder if his father wasn't correct about him being something monstrous.
		They'd agreed amongst themselves that Kikimora was trustworthy, as was Dheneb, though he was a bit frightening, and that they probably couldn't trust Rastaban as far as they could throw a Behemoth.
		Kikimora, who was sitting on a very tall stool so she could easily converse with all the much taller people at the table, smacked the back of his hand.
	www.xerampelinae.net /vanadiel/raison/Raison003.htm (10252 words)

	POLTERGEIST IN FOLKLORE AND BELIEFS OF THE KOMI PEOPLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Descriptions of a kikimora's appearance are also vague, although there have been attempts to relate it with the folklore prototype: Sometimes she appears as a girl, sits on a shed and combs her hair (Vasili M.); Someone saw a girl sitting on a bath-house and combing her hair.
		Glafira Sh.'s father was the witness when a kikimora began to throw felt boots to him and 4 hunters, as they stayed overnight in Lyuba-Ivan; she also threw a stove door at one of them and cut his brow; as he said, felt boots were a trifle, they were soft.
		Kikimora threw a mitten at the hunter Ögrö Nikolai, but after his `encouragement' she threw an axe (with its flat side) at him (Klavdia G.).
	haldjas.folklore.ee /rl/pubte/ee/usund/ingl/konakov.html (1839 words)

	Notes for May 14, 2004
		Kikimora was next, and the music of the same title was composed by Lyadov.
		The plot of the ballet is from a Russian folk tale in which, "Kikimora is the embodiment of wickedness," whom is guarded by her cat, the symbol of human malice.
		Kikimora was premiered in San Sebastian on August 25, 1916, for the King of Spain, a large supporter of the Ballet Russes.
	www.iwu.edu /~jmeyer/05-14-04.html (982 words)

	Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Piece Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kikimora — subtitled "fantastic scherzo" by the composer -- is more specific, the subject being the eponymous monster who, in Liadov’s words, "grows up with a magician in the mountains.
		From dawn to sunset the magician’s cat regales Kikimora with fantastic tales of ancient times and faraway places, as Kikimora rocks in a cradle made of crystal.
		Kikimora spins flax from dusk and to dawn, with evil intentions for the world".
	laphil.org /resources/piece_detail.cfm?id=32&.../piece_detail.cfm?id=31 (262 words)

	Saint Louis Symphony
		Kikimora, it was told, was raised by a sorceress deep in the mountains.
		There she listened from dawn to dusk as the sorceress’ magic cat told tales of fantastic happenings in far-off lands.
		In seven years, Kikimora grew to her full stature, but she was always thin as straw, her head as small as a thimble.
	www.slso.org /0304notes/1-23-04.htm (2565 words)

	Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra Programme Notes
		Kikimora is a short tone poem, describing a malicious household spirit of Russian fairy tales.
		It is said that Kikimora was a tiny brown witch with a body scarcely thicker than a straw and a head the size of a thimble, who lived in a sorcerer's cave on the top of a mountain.
		She took seven years to grow up, lying in a crystal cradle, and being told tales all day long by a large wise cat; her heart was full of malice to human beings.
	www.nottinghamphilharmonic.co.uk /notes/LK.html (275 words)

	Kikimora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Standing 8' tall, The kikimora resembles an old woman covered in coarse brown fur, with a face resembling that of a rat with an enlongated snout and a fleshy spike protruding from her nose.
		Kikimora loath to fight, or do anything physical for that maner, however on the rare occasions when they do fight, the kikimora are fersome enemies, Having a strength of 18/00, razor sharp claws, and a mouth full of needle sharp teeth and venom.
		Kikimora can turn invisible at will always fight in this state, however they cannot cast spells while invisible and often drop their cover of invisiblity only long enough to cast a spell.
	crpp0001.uqtr.uquebec.ca /w4/Monster/newmonster/1999-archive/1999-12-december/04dec150532.html (426 words)

	Puyo Pop Walkthrough - IGN FAQs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		KIKIMORA is a cute girl with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
		Arle thinks she is annoying, but in Puyo Pop, Kikimora is needed because she teaches Arle the different rules of Puyo Puyo used in different places.
		After Kikimora is done with today's lesson, you'll run into Harpy again, who wants you to listen to her song.
	faqs.ign.com /articles/621/621715p1.html (12091 words)

	Kurinyi Bog
		Usually a round fieldstone with a hole in the middle in the chicken yard.
		This "deity" was supposed to protect chickens from the domovoi, kikimora and dvorovoi.
		A "portable" Kurinyi Bog shows up as a small charm called a "hag stone." This is a small holed stone one attaches to the barn keys to protect the farm animals from bewitchment.
	www.barnyardcraft.com /kurinyi_bog.htm (74 words)

	Slavic Cat Names
		(kee-kee-MORE-ah; Female): Kikimora, goddess of home and hearth-her domain brings to mind the image of a plump, matronly cat, sleeping soundly by a warm fireplace, content and assured of her household territory.
		Yes and no. It's true that Kikimora was the goddess of domestic affairs, always ready to lend a hand when it came to housecleaning.
		You see, Kikimora had the legs of a giant hen and a face complimented by a chicken's beak.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Estates/6913/slav.htm (1654 words)

	Kikimora Venom Missile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The venom missile is, quite possibly one of the Kikimora's most well known magical atacks.
		They use this spell to "pacify" anyone stupid enough to attack them, and thanks to the charity of Kikimora elder, Sister Vyrokalas The Fey, The Venom missile is finaly ready to be shared with you mortals.
		The venom missile is exactly like the standard magic missile in regards to it's damage, it's "lock on" ability, and the gaining of additional missiles at higher levels.
	crpp0001.uqtr.uquebec.ca /w4/Spellcraft/Newspell/1999-archive/1999-12-december/09dec134500.html (149 words)

	aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] FW: Scientific publications on Russia and Eastern Europe (fwd)
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	www.ukrainianstudies.org /aaus-list/0410/msg00004.html (349 words)

	Australia Dancing - Kikimora (1990 - )
		Kikimora, with choreography by Meryl Tankard, premiered in Canberra at Gorman House Arts Centre on 30 June 1990.
		The intitial inspiration for Tankard's Kikimora came from Mikhail Larionov's make-up for Bronislava Nijinska in Leonide Massine's ballet Kikimora, which was made for Serge Diaghilev in 1916, and from photographs by Regis Lansac of dolls in James Warwick's Old Curiosity Shop in Ballarat, Victoria.
		Kikimora was reworked for a larger cast for the Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre.
	australiadancing.org /subjects/3181.html (236 words)

	Slavic Gods & Goddesses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Slavic bathhouses were like saunas with an inner steaming room and an outer room for changing.
		If the household is a sloppy one she will wine, whistle and tickle the children at night.
		She appears as an average woman with hair down (Slavic women always kept their heads covered) or sometimes with chicken feet.
	members.aol.com /hpsofsnert/Gods.html (6986 words)

	NadiaGfirsthandbags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kikimora Yomi San: features hand-painted handles and handwork with small glass beads, hemp cord, antique gold threading.
		Denim Kikimora Yomi San: fantastic hand-painted handles, antique gold stitching and decorative buttons.
		Tule lining, handstitching on top, iside denim and tule pocket finishes off this very groovy bag.
	www.nadiagreen.com /NadiaGfirsthandbags.html (157 words)

	Park-museum of wood sculpture, Path3. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Vodyanoy (The Water-Sprite) is a part of the trio "Vodyanoy, Rusalka and Kikimora.
		The third part of the trio, Kikimora - in ancient Slavonic Myphology it's anything like the Hobgoblin in a female form.
		In oldest tales Kikimora is also the night divinity of human dreams.
	www.admin.debryansk.ru /~press/Parkmus3.html (425 words)

	Snow Leopard - 'Kikimora' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Place the mouse on my picture to see where I'm from.
		This is KIKIMORA, a snow leopard born in September 2002.
		She is named after the Slavic Goddess of home and hearth, which makes us think of a plump, contented cat sleeping in front of a warm fireplace.
	www.kirshner.org /animals/kiki.php (460 words)

	Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Performer Details
		Never a dynamo as a composer, Liadov’s output fell further after his marriage in 1884 to a woman of property.
		But in his later years he did produce the three impeccably crafted jewels on which his reputation rests: the tone poems Baba Yaga (after the fearsome witch of Russian folklore, see also Pictures at an Exhibition), The Enchanted Lake, and Kikimora.
		Herbert Glass, a columnist and critic for the Los Angeles Times from 1971 through 1996, is also a frequent contributor to Gramophone and The Strad.
	www.laphil.org /resources/performer_detail.cfm?id=27 (429 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		Here, and in Kikimora, the transfer sounds ugly and distorted in fortissimo passages for violins and winds above the staff.
		This is included, however, on Dmitri Kitaenko's Virgin CD with the Bergen Philharmonic, a program that not only duplicates most of the works on this Naxos reissue, but also features more committed and capable orchestral playing and gives highly dramatic readings of Baba-Yaga and Kikimora.
		Finely blended winds and incisive brass are believably balanced against pliantly agile strings in Virgin's wide-ranging, naturally resonant production.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=4440 (221 words)

	Australia Dancing - Gordon, Paige (1968 - )
		Her first professional engagement was with the Meryl Tankard Company in Canberra in 1990.
		She worked with Tankard until 1992 appearing in Nuti, Kikimora, Court of Flora, Songs with Mara and Chants de mariage.
		She also talks at length about her time with the Meryl Tankard Company between 1990 and 1992 giving her analysis of Tankard?s working methods and of the collaboration with Regis Lansac.
	www.australiadancing.org /apps/ad?action=ViewSubject&id=91&resourceType=All (720 words)

	Aleksanteri-instituutti
		The Institute publishes research results and textbooks relating to Russia, the Baltic States and East Europe in the Kikimora Publications A and B series.
		Visit the Kikimora Publications website for more complete information.
		The author has used a mass of varied material including official documents, belles-letters, press articles, memoirs, diaries and the like and also Soviet documents of the secret police (OGPU-NKDV).
	www.helsinki.fi /aleksanteri/english/news/publications.htm (2033 words)

	MDT - 8555242, Naxos CD
		LIADOV, ANATOL Orchestral Works: Baba Yaga, The Enchanted Lake, Kikimora, Polonaises, Mazurka, Ballade Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra/ Stephen Gunzenhauser Naxos
		The works contained on this disc serve as a reminder of why his music has appealed so strongly to ballet choreographers: it is tuneful, rhythmically fresh and varied and above all, full of colour and vitality.
		• The programme includes “The Enchanted Lake” and “Kikimora”, two of Liadov’s best known works, as well as a number of lesser known but equally attractive works, such as his two Polonaises.
	www.mdt.co.uk /MDTSite/product/Choice_Week2_Liadov/8555242.htm (169 words)

	Kikimora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kikimora are ghosts from ancient Slav times which were said to attach themselves to houses.
		If the ghost was treated with respect it would protect the family from misfortune.
		DRAKES DRUM, the drum of the sir francis drake ghost
	www.paralumun.com /ghostkikimora.htm (223 words)

	Music Reviews - Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Gounod - Jan 2005, Los Angeles
		PROGRAM: Liadov- symphonic poem "Kikimora", Tchaikovsky- Violin concerto, Shostakovich- Symphony No. 10 in E minor.
		He was all but forgotten today for writing fairytale music in an era of anxiety and post-war angst.
		His symphony poem "Kikimora" portrays a mischievous goblin with a rich orchestral palette, including a humorously lugubrious cor angelis solo in the opening.
	www.classicalvoice.org /reviews/nnotes010503.htm (739 words)

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