r/Slender_Man

Foudation in slavic legends

The Old Slavic myth

The longshanks (zherday)

from a "zherd" (pole) , he is very long and pretty, sometimes he wanders through the streets at night, looks into windows, warms his hands in a pipe and scares people. This is some kind of pathetic wobbler who has been condemned to wander around the world for a century without any sense or position... It is difficult to question the meaning of it; but it is hardly a belief that is not related to Kashchei the immortal, who may have been honored here or there. To get rid of all these unclean things, people resort to fasting and prayer, to the epiphany water, to a candle taken on Friday from the passion, with which they smoke the cross on the lintel in the doorway.; It is also generally believed that one should not set the gates at midnight, facing north, otherwise any devilry will survive from home.

Vladimir Dahl "On the beliefs, superstitions and prejudices of the Russian people", 1880

Here are the words describing Vladimir Dahl.

However, Vladimir Ivanovich did not tell everything. Like any other unclean spirit from Russian mythology, Longshanks also have a favorite pastime. A longshanks is a kind of observer of the world of the living, the world of people. Walking through villages at night and looking into the windows of huts, he willy-nilly frightens the locals with his appearance, which earned the dislike of the people. But the strange thing is, being just an observer, he no longer performs any other functions or actions. Maybe this is just an understatement of folklore, the history of which has been pretty battered by time, or maybe there is some sacred meaning in this. Maybe Longshanks is just an observer. But whose is it? Judge for yourself.

It was believed that a Longshanks entered the human world through a gate facing North, when it was believed that this was a sure way to lure all kinds of evil spirits into his house and an even easier way to kill the whole family. It was believed that Longshanks was jealous of people because they had jobs and spent their lives usefully, as he himself, being immortal, was doomed to wander around the world without any business or meaning, for which he messed with people.

"Go, you will rest on the way back" — "And you will walk forever, and you will have neither rest nor death"; or "I will go, but you will also go and wait for Me."

Ahasuerus.

Returning to our troubled friend, I would like to note that the origin of this evil spirit and its intentions are not known for certain, as well as how dangerous it is to humans. However, there is information that a Longshanks can attack a person at night and can even enter a house unprotected by amulets. According to this, meetings with him usually end in death. He either strangles his victim or wrings her neck. He also knows how to look away and confuse people. But according to other sources, this spirit is absolutely harmless, except that it scares people and warms their hands in the pipe. Longshanks lived in dense forests and marshy swamps.

Protection from the evil spirit, in Christian times, was a simple prayer, sprinkling of door and window openings with holy water, and with the fire of a candle brought from the church on Good Friday, they smoked the inscription on the door lintel.

Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl believed that Longshanks could well later form the basis of such a character in Russian folklore as Koshchei the Immortal. Both characters are very thin, consumed by an unquenchable "hunger" of envy, malice, and doomed to eternal life.

u/Annual-Appearance540 — 3 days ago

Wilks Estate (Original Mythos | 2009) the origin of the iconic 'Slender Man' image

5/24/95**

1994: Wilks Estate. One subject reported nothing out of the ordinary before taking photograph. Lower stairs area was said to be very dark. Subject states that after the camera flash she heard a sound like a watermelon being *unable to understand subject*.

5/25/93**

Subject unable to recall events after manor power failure. Unable to question other two identified subjects. Camera and film acquired from Gloria Cready, current resident of Woodview Mental Hospital and Psychological Rehabilitation Clinic. Film mostly uncontaminated despite mass of blood and human tissue present on camera. No positive ID on anomalous tall and slender subject. Facial blur caused by possible contamination.

6/7/93**

Early digital analysis indicates tall subject may have no eyes. Anomalies, previously thought to be film errors and flash artifacts, now thought to be appendages.

6/10/93**

Final identified subject reported missing along with other thirty-three patients and staff of Woodview Mental Hospital and Psychological Rehabilitation Clinic south wing.

6/18/93**

Further inquiry to cease immediately.

(see report No.3339-2)

u/Levoide — 4 days ago

In the depths of the woods (Original Mythos Photo)

"Can you see him? He can see you, and when you feel his presence it will be too late..."

Found it in: http://slendermanarkive.wikidot.com/ (there is a lot of cool archived stuff about the OG mythos, and modern mythos)

u/Levoide — 4 days ago

Was ‘Slender: The Arrival’ removed from the App Store?

The game is missing whenever you search for it. I searched for the Appstore link on safari and clicked on it then it told me this. I used to own an Iphone 11 and I saw the game in the store, I even had it downloaded, but never fully bought it. I switched recently to a 15, could that be why? I’ve also tried checking in my owned games and apps and it seems to be missing from there too.

u/Impossible_Luck_5400 — 4 days ago

Slender The Arrival PS5

I’ve been wanting to play Slender The Arrival after watching Markiplier play it and I’m curious about something. Is Slender The Arrival worth the $10 on PS5?

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u/Alastor_Altruist10 — 5 days ago

Name for my Slenderverse serie

I'm thinking of a name for my series. I'm not very creative, and the best name I could think of was Math_Investigation00, where Math is a nickname for Matheus, the protagonist's name, and Investigation because the protagonist investigates Slenderman. I'm not happy with this name and would appreciate help improving it.

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u/yuri_flor — 5 days ago

Slender Anxiety is a masterpiece

Let's be honest, Slender Anxiety is probably the best Slender fangame made, but for some reason the community hyped The Eight Pages and the Parody games more than this one.

It's sad that Slender Anxiety is now a abandoned project, i would love if it was full released

u/Levoide — 6 days ago

Here’s some SlenderMansion headcanons for y’all!

- Jeff takes smile dog on walks every once in a while before everyone else is up

- Slenderman sees all his proxy’s as basically his rowdy children, they are powerless in his eyes but he finds them cute and silly so he keeps them :3

- Many of the proxy call Slenderman “Slendy”

- Slendy is naturally more likely to side with the child proxies than the adult proxies in arguments (he’s the argument ender)

- Toby is the most unpredictable Proxy, so much so, that if he stayed outside for three days straight, leaving without a word of notice, nobody would bat an eye

- Toby tried to burn down the mansion at some point (it didn’t work in the slightest and Slendy was amused so he got away scot-free)

- X Virus and a few other proxies live outside the mansion, but still in Slendy’s forest

- there is at least 3 fights in the mansion a day (usually because of Jeff😅)

- the other proxy like to bully new proxy to test their will power (especially Jeff, Eyeless Jack, and Ben)

- Someone has definitely unplugged Ben’s TV screen at some point in an argument😭

- Smile Dog is considered Slendermans dog because he’s always been around the mansion even before the proxy showed up (Slendy’s not sure where he came from either🥲)

Alright that’s all :3

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u/CatNap_Fictionkinnnn — 6 days ago

Slenderverse Series Starter pack

i swear to god there were so many cliches that i could barely fit them into one image.

u/Unktrio — 9 days ago