Editing Leshy (section)

==Names and etymology==
[[File:Leshiy by Ivan Yizhakevych.jpg|thumb|upright|Drawing by [[Ivan Yizhakevych]], [[Niva (magazine)|''Niva'' magazine]], 1904]]

'''Leshy''' is known by a variety of names and spellings including the following:<ref>[[Alexander Afanasyev|Afanasyev, Alexander Nikolayevich]]. (2013) ''Поэтические воззрения славян на природу [The Poetic Outlook of Slavs About Nature]''. Akademicheskii Proyekt. Moscow. {{ISBN|978-5-8291-1451-0}} {{ISBN|978-5-8291-1461-9}}</ref><ref>Afanasyev, Alexander Nikolayevich. (1983) ''Древо жизни и лесные духи [The Tree of Life and Forest Spirits]''. Sovremennik. Moscow.</ref><ref>Afanasyev, Alexander Nikolayevich. (2008) ''Славянская мифология [Slavic Mythology]''. [[Eksmo]], Migard. Moscow. {{ISBN|978-5-699-27982-1}}</ref><ref>Krinichnaya, Neonila Artyomovna. (2004) ''Русская мифология: Мир образов фольклора [Russian Mythology: The World of Folklore Images]''. Akademicheskii Proyekt. Moscow. ch. 3, "Leshy: Totemic origins and the polysemy of images". {{ISBN|5-8291-0388-5}} {{ISBN|5-98426-022-0}}</ref><ref>Levkievskaya, Elena E. (2011) ''Мифы русского народа [Myths of the Russian People]''. AST, Astrel, VKT. Chapter "Leshy". {{ISBN|978-5-17-072533-5}} {{ISBN|978-5-271-33771-0}} {{ISBN|978-5-226-03926-3}}</ref>

Main name variations:
* '''Borovoi''' ({{langx|ru|Боровой}}, {{langx|pl|Borowy}}) "[he] of the [[pine barrens]]"
* '''Gayevoi''' ({{langx|ru|Гаевой}}, {{langx|pl|Gajowy}}) "[he] of the grove"
* '''Leshak''' ({{langx|ru|Лешак}}, {{lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl|Lešak|Лешак}})
* '''Leshy''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Леший, {{langx|be|Лешы}}, {{langx|pl|Leszy}}, {{lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl|Lešij|Лешиј}}) [he] of the [[deciduous]] forests
* '''Lesnik''' ({{langx|ru|Лесник}}, {{langx|pl|Leśnik}}, {{langx|bg|Лесник}}, {{lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl|Lesnik|Лесник}})
* '''Lesovik''' ({{langx|ru|Лесовик}}, {{langx|be|Лесавік}}, {{langx|uk|Лісовик}}, {{lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl|Lesovik|Лесовик}})
* '''Lesovoi''' ({{langx|ru|Лесовой}}, {{lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl|Lesovoj|Лесовој}})
* '''Lesun''' ({{langx|ru|Лесун}}, {{langx|be|Лясун}}, {{langx|uk|Лісун}})
* '''Mežainis''', ([[Latvian language|Latvian:]] "forester") 
* '''Miškinis''' ([[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian:]] "forest-man")
* '''Miško velnias''' ([[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]: "Forest devil")
* '''Vir'ava''' ({{langx|myv|Вирьава}}) "forest mother"
* '''[[Lauma]]''' ([[Latvian language|Latvian]]: Lauma; [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]: Laumė; [[Yotvingian language|Yotvingian]]: Łauma), a fairy-like woodland spirit, and guardian spirit of orphans in Eastern [[Baltic mythology]], or [[Yotvingian mythology]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lauma|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/332311/lauma|website=Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Inc|access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>

Euphemistic titles:
* '''He''' ({{langx|ru|он}}) also used for the devil, based on [[Speak of the devil|superstition]] prohibiting invocation of evil 
* '''He himself''' ({{langx|ru|он сам}}) like "he"<ref name="keating2015" />
* '''Les chestnoi''' ({{langx|ru|Лес честной}}) "honorable one of the forest"
* '''Les pravedniy''' ({{langx|ru|Лес праведный}}) "righteous one of the forest"
* '''Lesnoi dedushka/ded''' or '''Dedushka-lesovoi''' ({{langx|ru|Лесной дедушка/дед, Дедушка-лесовой}}, {{langx|be|Лясны дзед}}, {{langx|pl|Leśny dziad}}) "forest grandfather"
* '''Lesnoi dukh''' ({{langx|ru|Лесной дух}}, {{Langx|pl|Leśny duch}}) "forest spirit"
* '''Lesnoi dyadya''' ({{langx|ru|Лесной дядя}}) "forest uncle"
* '''Lesnoi khozyain''' ({{langx|ru|Лесной хозяин}}) "forest master"
* '''Lesnoi zhitel'''' ({{langx|ru|Лесной житель}}) "forest dweller" or "woodsman"
* '''Lesnoi muzhik''', ({{langx|ru|Лесной мужик}}) "forest man"