Indrik

{{Short description|Beast in Russian folklore}}

In the Dove Book and Russian folklore,{{sfn|Bane|2016|p=171}} Indrik or the Indrik-Beast ({{langx|ru|Индрик-зверь|Indrik-zver'}}) is a fabulous beast, the king of all animals, who lives on a mountain known as "The Holy Mountain" where no other foot may tread. When it stirs, the Earth trembles.{{sfn|Bane|2016|p=171}} The word "Indrik" is a distorted version of the Russian word for unicorn ({{langx|ru|Единорог|jedinorog}}).{{Cite web|url=http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=config&morpho=0&basename=%5Cdata%5Cie%5Cvasmer&first=1&text_word=%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA&method_word=substring&text_general=&method_general=substring&text_origin=&method_origin=substring&text_trubachev=&method_trubachev=substring&text_editorial=&method_editorial=substring&text_pages=&method_pages=substring&text_any=&method_any=substring&sort=word|title="индрик" |publisher=Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary}} It is described as a gigantic bull with legs of a deer, the head of a horse and an enormous horn in its snout, making it vaguely similar to a rhinoceros.

The Russian folkloric creature gives its name to a synonym of Paraceratherium, Indricotherium, the biggest land mammal ever to live.