Bannik

The Bannik is the bathhouse (banya) spirit in Slavic mythology. Slavic bathhouses resemble saunas, with an inner steaming room and an outer changing room. A place where women gave birth and practiced divinations, the bathhouse was strongly endowed with vital forces. 

• Half-Bannik do not exist. 
• Exclusively male.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Bannik resemble old humanoid men with thin frail bodies and long hair and beards

Genetics and Reproduction

Bannik are exclusively male, so it is unknown how they reproduce

Ecology and Habitats

Bannik live almost exclusively in bathhouses, saunas or locations with high heat and humidity

Additional Information

Average Intelligence

Near human

Lifespan

100+ years

Average Physique

Below average human