Bies


Bies or bes is an evil spirit or demon in Slavic mythology. The word is synonymous with chort.
After the acceptance of Christianity the bies became identified with the devil, corresponding to the being referred to in Ancient Greek, as either daimon, daimónion or pneuma. For example, biesy is used in the standard Russian translation of Mark 5:12, where we have the devils entering the swine in KJV. Compare to Ukrainian bisy or bisytysia. In Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian the word means "rage", "fury".

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