Viy
Viy is a figure from East Slavic folklore and literature, commonly described as a powerful demon associated with death and the underworld. The name, rendered in Cyrillic as Вий, appears in Ukrainian and Russian folklore and has been popularized in modern culture through Nikolai Gogol's short story Viy (1835).
In Gogol's tale, a seminary student named Khoma Brutu is compelled to spend the night in a
Viy has been adapted for film and other media on several occasions. The best-known screen versions are