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| | |  Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Slavic fairies - VilaThe Vila, or Willi or Veela, are the Slavic versions of nymphs, who have power over storms, which they delight in sending down on lonely travelers. They are known to live in meadows, ponds, oceans, trees, and clouds (cf. Leimakids, Limnades, Oceanids, Dryads, Nephele). They can appear as swans, horses, wolves, or, of course, beautiful women.
In the fictional Harry Potter series, Veela appear as astoundingly beautiful, magically captivating women who transform into hideous bird-like creatures when ang ...
See also:Slavic fairies, Slavic fairies - Wila, Slavic fairies - Vila, Slavic fairies - Wili, Slavic fairies - Południca, Slavic fairies - Rusalka, Slavic fairies - Sky Women Read more here: » Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Slavic fairies - Vila |
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| | | | Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia - Fairy A fairy is a spirit (supernatural being) found in the legends, folklore, and mythology of many cultures. They are generally humanoid in form, though of a higher, spiritual nature and so possessed of preternatural abilities, along with such mystical qualities as otherworldly beauty and grace, an ethereal glow, wings, or the like. They are also regarded as aloof, ephemeral, mercurial, and whimsical, among other qualities that place them outside of a human scope and have a tendency to make them associated or confused with other mythologi ...
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| | | | Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Fairy - Nature The question of a faerie "nature" has been the topic of many a myth or scholarly paper for a very long time. This is partially due to the fact that, by being supernatural and chaotic entities, they are difficult to pin down as being anything in particular and partially due to the fact that humans have yet to answer completely what constitutes the racial ethos of humanity. Consequently, faerie runs amok with creatures that are completely unrelated save that they are mythologic in origin. There is a central archetypal figure behind most of the stories described as a tall, delicate, radiant being of humanoid aspect. Such beings are most ...
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| | | | Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Fairy - Etymology The words fae and faerie came to English from French and, ultimately, Latin. An interesting correlation is the word "fey," which may be derived ultimately from the same Latin root and is now returning to mean the same as "fae."
The Latin root fata, meaning fate in the sense of one of the Parcae, is an indication that fays have abilities associated with knowledge (foresight) and manipulation (luck, blessing, cursing) of fate, both of whic ...
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| | | | Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Fairy - Fairies in visual arts Artists such as Brian Froud, Alan Lee, Myrea Pettit, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Cicely Mary Barker, Amy Brown and Peg Maltby have all created beautiful illustrations of fairies.
Conversely, the Victorian painter Richard Dadd was responsible for some paintings of fairy-folk with an altogether more sinister and malign nature. Another notable Victorian painter of fairies was the artist and illustrator Arthur Rackham. Interest in fairy themed art in Britain enjoyed a brief renaissance following the Cottingley fairies photographs, and a number of artists turned to painting ...
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| | | | Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Elf - Characteristics of traditional elves
Elf - Elves in Norse mythology.
The earliest preserved description of elves comes from Norse mythology. In Old Norse they are called álfar (singular, nominative case: álfr), and although no older or contemporary descriptions exist, the appearance of beings etymologically related to álfar in various later folklore strongly suggests that the belief in elves were common among all the Germanic ...
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| | | | Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Slavic mythology - Cosmology According to the Book of Veles, Slavic religion recognizes three realms: Jav, Prav and Nav, Yav being the material world, Nav the immaterial, and Prav being the laws that govern them. The emphasis on the three realms is particularly characteristic for the Slavic neopaganists that draw on the Book of Veles.
The main symbol of ancient Slavic cosmogonic ideas was the World Tree. Slavs imagined that all three realms are vertically situated on a gigantic oak tree, that holds the whole Universe. In its crown was Slavic Heaven/paradise, so c ...
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| | | | Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Slavic mythology - Major feasts March 21st - first day of spring. The Jare feast was dedicated to the rebirth of life after the hardships of winter. The feast involved the creation of pisanki or decorated eggs, which symbolised new life. This tradition is still common in all the Slavic countries at the time of Easter.
June 21st-June 22nd - first day of summer. The Kupala or Kres feast that celebrated fire. It was on the night of this feast that the legendary fern bloomed. The feast involved burning fires, floating wreathes and youngsters getting coupl ...
See also:Slavic mythology, Slavic mythology - Primary sources, Slavic mythology - Cosmology, Slavic mythology - Major feasts, Slavic mythology - Gods, Slavic mythology - Supreme god, Slavic mythology - Pantheon, Slavic mythology - Locations, Slavic mythology - Mythical creatures, Slavic mythology - Mythical persons, Slavic mythology - Spirits, Slavic mythology - Slavic folk medicine and magic, Slavic mythology - Circles Read more here: » Slavic mythology: Encyclopedia II - Slavic mythology - Major feasts |
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| | | | Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Elf - Modern elves
Elf - Elves at Christmas.
In USA, Canada, and the United Kingdom, the modern children's folklore of Santa Claus typically includes diminutive, green-clad elves as Santa's assistants. They wrap Christmas gifts and make toys in a workshop located in the Arctic. In this portrayal, elves slightly resemble nimble and delicate versions of the dwarves of Norse mythology.
The vision of the small but crafty Christmas elf has come to influence modern popular conception of elves, and sits side by side with the fantas ...
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| | | | Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Slavic mythology - Gods
Slavic mythology - Supreme god.
The original supreme god of the Slavs was probably Rod. Information about Rod worship is scarce.
In some branches of the Slavic religion, the supreme god is Svarog (senior member of Triglav). But exactly because of his nature he was not the most worshiped: that was Perun, while tribes that were occupied mostly with cattle could pay most attention to Veles and so on.
The Wendish people are said to have had the three-headed Triglav as their supreme god. Sometimes this god is referred ...
See also:Slavic mythology, Slavic mythology - Primary sources, Slavic mythology - Cosmology, Slavic mythology - Major feasts, Slavic mythology - Gods, Slavic mythology - Supreme god, Slavic mythology - Pantheon, Slavic mythology - Locations, Slavic mythology - Mythical creatures, Slavic mythology - Mythical persons, Slavic mythology - Spirits, Slavic mythology - Slavic folk medicine and magic, Slavic mythology - Circles Read more here: » Slavic mythology: Encyclopedia II - Slavic mythology - Gods |
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| | | | Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Slavic fairies - Rusalka In Slavic mythology, a rusalka was a female ghost, water nymph or succubus-like demon that dwelled in a lake. Her eyes shone like green fire. Men who were seduced by her died in her arms, and in some versions her laugh could also cause death (compare with the Irish banshee). She corresponds to the Scandinavian and German Nix.
The ghostly version of the succubus is the soul of a young woman who had died in or near a lake (many of these rusalki had been murdered by lovers) and came to haunt that lake; this undead rusalka is not particularly malevolent, and will be allowe ...
See also:Slavic fairies, Slavic fairies - Wila, Slavic fairies - Vila, Slavic fairies - Wili, Slavic fairies - Południca, Slavic fairies - Rusalka, Slavic fairies - Sky Women Read more here: » Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Slavic fairies - Rusalka |
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| | | | Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Slavic fairies - Wili Among the Slavic creatures of folklore, for the English-speaking world the wilis are indelibly connected with the Romantic ballet Giselle, first danced in Paris in 1840, with its spectral wilis, young girls who have died on their wedding days, who almost snatch away the hero's life-breath, but must disappear at the break of dawn.
These wilis have been adapted from a poem of Heinrich Heine, who claimed to be using a Slavic legend. Meyer's Konverationslexikon defines Wiles or Wilis as female vampires, ...
See also:Slavic fairies, Slavic fairies - Wila, Slavic fairies - Vila, Slavic fairies - Wili, Slavic fairies - Południca, Slavic fairies - Rusalka, Slavic fairies - Sky Women Read more here: » Slavic fairies: Encyclopedia II - Slavic fairies - Wili |
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