The hidebehind is a nocturnal fearsome critter from American folklore that preys upon humans that wander the woods, which was blamed for the disappearances of early loggers when they failed to return
Hidebehind
Leshy is a tutelary deity of the forest in pagan Slavic mythology. As Leshy rules over the forest and hunting, he may be related to the Slavic god Porewit.
Hidebehind
…Fearsome Critters who appear to drag away an arrogant interloper in the climax of the Silver John story "The Desrick on Yandro" by Manly Wade Wellman. Leshy (Slavic Mythology…
An illustration by Ivan Bilibin, 1906
Drawing by Ivan Yizhakevych, Niva magazine, 1904
Leshy statue in Bolków, southwest Poland