Domovoi: Winter, the House, and the Spirit Who Watches   In Slavic cosmology, the home was never empty. Even in stillness, something remained awake.   The Domovoi is not a god, nor a ghost in the modern sense. It is a household spirit formed from continuity, repetition, and care. It emerges where people live in a place long enough for memory to condense into presence.   Winter was traditionally the season when attention turned inward. Fields slept. Roads quieted. Life contrac