Punnik

In Belarusian mythology, the guardian spirit of puni (a room for drying and storing hay, which in different regions of Belarus it can be called differently: xiannitsa (sennitsa), selnitsa (selnitsa), adryna (odrina) and shop).

When The punnik acquires a visible image, then it is seen as a humanoid being, in which it is still more likely to recognize an armful of small dirty hay than a living being, it is covered with dust and debris from hay and dust, dusty strands of cobwebs.

Invisible sits on the rafters and takes material form only while there is hay in Pune. Children and single passers-by are usually frightened by unnatural gasps, wheezing and whistling or pitiful whining through the cracks and numerous vents in the puna, which in turn brings him considerable pleasure.