Shuvgey

Tlnir is a character in the mythology of the Komi peoples. The name is derived from the verb shuvgyny "to make noise, to rage, to whistle, to rush with noise".

According to its properties, it does not differ in any way from the wind as a natural phenomenon, however, it is perceived as a hostile principle to man, emanating from the afterlife. He looks like a whirlwind, sometimes a tornado, and in this form he throws hay mown on a holiday, and also kidnaps people.

The kidnapped person becomes invisible to an outside observer and is carried away in a whirlwind. Such people find themselves in the forest, moving in the wind over the treetops. Victims who were "abandoned" Shugway, fall into the swamp, into the river.

The abductees themselves perceive it differently. It may seem to a child like a round dance of children having fun, calling to themselves; if a child reaches out to them at least a hand, he will forever remain among them. He may have the appearance of a deceased relative: a woman on the eve of the abduction talks about her meetings with her deceased husband. Male hunters appear in the guise of girls calling to themselves.

Shugway can be invisible, in which case the hunter hears voices calling him, knocking on the door or window of a forest house.

The closest analogues are such characters of folk demonology as sivnyr (centuries), tlnyr (ll.), leshakyas (nv.), vihor (Shuryshkary), shuvgun (pech.).