Fairies in Slavic mythology come in several forms and their names are spelled differently based on the specific language. J.K. Rowling, in her Harry Potter books, refers to Veela, which are thought to be similar (see below). Slavic fairies - Wila. In Polish mythology, the Wila (Wiła) are reputed in Poland and Lithuania to be the shape-shifting souls of the dead that were believed to visit the homes of their families. Peasants would lay flowers in the entrances to caves where they believed the ...

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• Slavic fairies - Wila
• Slavic fairies - Vila
• Slavic fairies - Wili
• Slavic fairies - Południca
• Slavic fairies - Rusalka
• Slavic fairies - Sky Women

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The 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 ...

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Slavic fairies, Slavic fairies - Wila, Slavic fairies - Vila, Slavic fairies - Wili, Slavic fairies - Południca, Slavic fairies - Rusalka, Slavic fairies - Sky Women

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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 ...

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Slavic fairies, Slavic fairies - Wila, Slavic fairies - Vila, Slavic fairies - Wili, Slavic fairies - Południca, Slavic fairies - Rusalka, Slavic fairies - Sky Women

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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, ...

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Slavic fairies, Slavic fairies - Wila, Slavic fairies - Vila, Slavic fairies - Wili, Slavic fairies - Południca, Slavic fairies - Rusalka, Slavic fairies - Sky Women

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