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Art/Literary / magic/witchcraft | | English term or phrase: familiar | | "I have such wonderful helpers. Wizards and witches and children. The children in particular! And a most wonderful familiar - a dragworm... He's a wickidness detector and he can sniff out even the tiniest bit of evil!" (from "Not Just a Witch" by Eva Ibbotson ) |
| | | Russian translation:дух, хранитель, талисман | Explanation:
дух ангела-хранителя, часто вселяющийся в животное, которое должно оберегать человека
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1) дух-покровитель (данной семьи);
2) добрый или злой дух, подсказывающий человеку его действия;
3) дух умершего (в спиритизме)
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