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title: Bagan
description: Domestic spirits of Slavic tradition.
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<h2 id="bagan">Bagan</h2>

Bagans are domestic spirits of the Slavic peoples. Bagans are invisible and allow themselves to be seen only on Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday. They are protectors of farm animals, particularly goats and sheep.

Legend has it that if a farmer buys an animal and the bagan does not like its color or appearance, it will torment the beast until it dies. The best way to avoid this is to learn the bagan's preferred color, for which one must cut a piece of Easter cake, wrap it in cloth, and hang it in the stable for seven weeks. Once that period has passed, it is taken down and the color of the maggots that have bred inside is observed — that will then be the preferred color of the Bagan dwelling on that farm.