Horpyna is a fictional character in the novel With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz. She is a witch living in Waà Âadynka's Devil's Gorge. Her brother, Doniec, is a Cossack colonel. Horpyna is Bohun's friend.
Horpyna is portrayed by Ruslana Pysanka in the 1999 film by Jerzy Hoffman.
When Horpyna first appeared in the novel, she visited wounded Bohun who was treated by RzÃÂdzian. After capturing Bar, Bohun took Helena Kurcewiczówna to Horpyna's house, the Devil's Valley. Horpyna took care of the wounded girl and told Bohun's fortune. She foretold that Bohun will marry Helena, become a hetman and be betrayed by one of his friends. She also foretold her brother's death and the atrocities of the war in Ukraine. All predictions showed up to be true except for Bohun and Helena's marriage. Horpyna misinterpreted the vision of a hawk above Helena's head - she thought it symbolized Bohun but the hawk was an animal in Jan Skrzetuski's coat of arms. When Bohun left for war, she was to keep Helena in her care until his return. She was shot by RzÃÂdzian who came with Zagà Âoba and Woà Âodyjowski to free Helena.
Sienkiewicz placed Horpyna's cave in the gorges around Valea Adîncàwhich is located in Transnistria.
<blockquote> She is a brazenâÂÂfaced giantess who is in friendship with devils, but she is a goodâÂÂlooking woman. When she laughs you would swear that a mare was neighing in the meadow. She has white teeth so strong that she might chew up a breastplate. When she walks the ground trembles. </blockquote>