Кikimora - Slavic mythology creatures

Kikimora is an East Slavic female mythological character living in a human dwelling, bringing harm, damage and minor troubles to the household and people. It is believed that kikimoras like to joke with people and sometimes appear in the form of a child left on the road; picked up and warmed by people, they run away, mocking them. She is represented in different ways: as the mistress of the hut, the wife of a brownie or a goblin. Kikimora swamp or forest was accused of kidnapping children, instead of whom she left an enchanted log. Her presence in the house was determined by wet footprints.