Bolotnanik - is a spirit of swamp. He lives in a big stone house with his wife and his children. Wife - bolotnica, spinster - drowned woman. She is composed in own attitudes with water - sprites and wood - goblin. He always looks like gray - hailed old man with a wide gel low face. Turned in a monk he allures travellerfo the bog. He likes to waek along the bank and sharp sounds, blowing the air bubbles and smacking his lips.