# Endnotes explained — The Little Demon

> Chapter companion for The Little Demon by Fyodor Sologub.

## What happens

This section provides translator's notes and explanations for various cultural, literary, and linguistic references in the text, including Russian folk tales, fables, puns, historical figures, and customs.

## Key lines

> The priest had a dog⁠ ⁠…

A popular Russian tale begins with this phrase.

_Reference to a well-known Russian folk story._

> Piatachek means a 'five kopek piece' and also a 'pig's snout.' Routilov puns on the word.

Routilov makes a pun using the double meaning of piatachek.

_Explains a wordplay in the text._

> Nedotikomka, an invention of the author. The word means 'the touch-me-not-creature.' It is presumably an elemental, a symbol of the evil of the world.

Nedotikomka is a creature invented by the author, symbolizing the world's evil.

_Definition of a key symbolic entity in the novel._

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