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Viy
Also known as: Vii
A demon of Ukrainian legend whose eyelids reach the ground; once they are lifted, his glance kills.
Viy is a demon whose long brows and eyelids reach the ground; when they are lifted, his glance strikes everything with death. Afanasyev reads it as the lightning flashing out from behind the dark covering of the clouds, and compares it with the deadly gaze of the evil eye.