domovoi

• For example, dwarfs aren't the typical long-bearded blacksmiths we are used to, but share characteristics of the leprechauns and some of the domovoi (house spirits of Slavic lore), while giants aren't the stupid-but-tough villains of tradition, but accomplished engineers, often well-versed in literature and history. —  AdventureGamers.com
• In Russia, its ads use a figure known as a domovoi, a household guardian spirit, in an attempt to lend some authenticity. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
• The winner chee-ee-eeps to his little horse, whose shaggy mane has been tangled by the loving hand of the domovoi (house-sprite) and hangs to his knees. —  Russian Rambles
• That, she knew well, was the dwarf she genuinely loved, her little domovoi-doukh, the familiar spirit of the house, who watched with her over the general's life and thanks to whom serious injury had not yet befallen Feodor Feodorovitch--one could not regard a mangled leg that seriously. —  The Secret of the Night
• Ordinarily in her own country (she was from the Orel district) one did not care to see the domovoi-doukh appear in flesh and blood. —  The Secret of the Night

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