In the beliefs of the Slavs, there were deities that protected households and families. An interesting problem is the presence of deities or demons patronizing a given region or the immediate area. The paper will refer to medieval and linguistic records regarding this category of beings, mainly among the Western Slavs. Information about them is not certain and raises many doubts. During the presentation, an attempt will be made to answer the question whether such creatures were known to pre-Christian Slavs, or whether beliefs about them were borrowed from other traditions. The issue discussed in the paper is related to the issue of the development of the competences of various divine beings in the religions of ancient Slavs, discussed among Slavicists.
