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  • Ovinnik (Slavic) Barn spirits. The Ovinnik are mischief—making spirits who live in barns. They have been known to set barns on fire. If there is a large, ragged black cat wandering around the property, it is likely an Ovinnik. They are one of the Domovoi spirits and are similar to the Bannik. — Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities, p. 368
  • Rituals and beliefs relating to the ovinnik were similar to those surrounding the bannik. This spirit too was consulted for New Year's divinations; his cold, prickly touch foretold unhappiness, his soft touch good fortune.” Roosters were sacrificed to this spirit also; the bird's head was chopped off over the threshold and blood was sprinkled in all four corners of the barn.” Often such ritual butcherings at the threshing barn took place on November 1, the feast of the patrons of chickens, — Russian Folk Belief, p. 61