Odmin - according to the Russian folk beliefs, a child replaced by a devil or a witch. Odmin is considered a crying, ugly and ugly child. There is a story that one woman, on the advice of the nurses, took Odmin to a wicked place and began to cut him with a wreath. The witch then brought the kidnapped child and took her own. In order to avoid the crushing of the child, the young people light a candle at night from the birth of the child until his baptism. Similar beliefs are also found among Great Russians, Poles, Czechs, Latvians and many other peoples. And in Germany, they fear that the newborn will not be abducted by evil spirits. In England in the 16th century, the belief was widespread in the possibility of replacing a child with an elephant. See also N. Sumtsov, "Cultural experiences" (No 81).