Talk:Hym/@comment-137.186.164.220-20151011221942/@comment-25035274-20170208095106

"the Witcher series (books and games alike) tend to keep their inspiration mostly limited to Scandinavian myth."

Not quite. Sapkowski drew inspiration primarily from Slavic folklore (keep in mind where Poland's actually located) but also drew from all over Europe, and CDPR have followed along with that fairly well. Their sirens, for instance, are drawn straight from Greek myth. The word "wraith", meanwhile, is thought by many to be of Scots origin (though that's uncertain), and barghests originate in Northern England (though ghost dogs and hellhounds of various sorts can be found in folklore all over the world; but barghests specifically are very English). Leshy and Kikimora? Slavic. Botchlings and lubberkin? Slavic again.

With that said, typically if the creature isn't made up (some of them are) they keep its original name.