e/Piru (spirit)

Information
has gloss	eng: :For other uses, see: Piru (disambiguation). A piru is a minor evil spirit or demon in Finnish mythology. In folklore, a piru is often featured as a nasty spirit of the forest with which a wise-aleck either wins or loses a battle of wits, giving or receiving a forfeit in return. In many cases, poltergeist and haunting phenomenons are described as "pirus". The Devil is often referred to as proper noun Piru or Pääpiru, the main piru.
lexicalization	eng: piru
instance of	c/European demons

Meaning
Catalan
has gloss	cat: Un piru és un esperit dolent menor o dimoni en la mitologia finesa. La cultura popular finesa sovint representa els pirus com a esperits dolents del bosc, contra els que ens hem denfrontar en una batalla denginy, havent de pagar o bé rebent una penyora en cas de perdre o guanyar-la.
lexicalization	cat: piru
Finnish
has gloss	fin: Piru on suomalaisessa kansanperinteessä joko paholaista palveleva tai muutoin vähäisempi paha olento eli demoni, tai itse paholainen. Tässä artikkelissa käsitellään suomalaisen kansanperinteen piruja siltä osin, miten ne vertautuvat demoneihin.
lexicalization	fin: piru