Devil Boruta (Polish: Diabeł Boruta) is a fictional character from Polish mythology, folklore and literature, associated with the Polish town of Łęczyca.[1]
The character is the transformation of the pagan Slavicleshy in post-Christianization times. Boruta is also referred to as błotnik,[2][3] a swamp spirit known in the mythology of the Kashubians and especially the Eastern Slavs, where he is called a bolotnik.
He was usually considered to be a nobleman, and accordingly, he was usually busy with corrupting nobles, leaving other social classes to other devils - like Rokita the devil from the same region, who more often tempted peasants.
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^Barbara Podgórska Adam Podgórski, Wielka Księga Demonów Polskich - leksykon i antologia demonologii ludowej Katowice, 2005, ISBN83-89375-40-0, pp. 62-63.
^Fischer, A. (1928). Diabeł w wierzeniach ludu polskiego, pp. 208.
^Pełka, Leonard (1987). Polska demonologia ludowa. Warszawa: Iskry. pp.187.
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