Plivník appears, for example, as a bedraggled black chick, a red rooster or a fiery tail. He may bring property and good fortune, but legends link his help to eventual ruin or damnation. The related šotek can serve a household, yet may ultimately claim his master’s soul too.
Where it appears
Czech and Moravian household legends.
What the old legends say
The safest course was not to accept a plivník into one’s service at all, nor to take money or other benefits from him. The legends warn that his apparent assistance ends with a high price. In Christian settings, prayer, the cross and blessed objects appear as protections.
SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 36
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.
