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Bies or bes ((ロシア語:бес) (:ˈbʲɛs)) is an evil spirit or demon in Slavic mythology. The word is synonymous with chort. After the acceptance of Christianity the ''bies'' became identified with the devil, corresponding to the being referred to in Ancient Greek, as either ''daimon'' (δαίμων), ''daimónion'' or ''pneuma'' (πνεῦμα). For example, ''biesy'' (Russian plural of ''bies'') is used in the standard Russian translation of Mark 5:12, where we have ''the devils'' entering the swine in KJV.〔(Mark 5, Russian text )〕 〔(Mark 5, KJV English text )〕 Compare to the Ukrainian ''bisy'' (used always in plural) or ''bisytysia'' (to go mad). == Examples in culture == *In Alexander Pushkin's ''The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda'', there is a scene in which Balda has to force the "devils" (черти, Cherti) of the sea to pay an ancient rent, and interacts with an "Old Bies" who is their leader and his grandson. *The original Russian title of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel known in its English translation as ''The Possessed'' is ''Besy'' (Бесы) (Russian plural of ''bes''), i.e., more literally, ''The Evil Spirits''. *The Black Tapes 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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