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| The '''Vila''', or '''Willi''' or '''Veela''', are the Slavic versions of [[nymph]]s, 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. They can appear as swans, horses, wolves, or, of course, beautiful women.
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| The '''Vilia''' is the Celtic version of this woodland spirit. She enjoys captivating passing men with her beauty, but then abandoning them. In a love song titled ''Vilia'', from "The Merry Widow" by Lehar and Ross, a hunter pines for Vilia, "the witch of the wood".
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| =Art / Fiction=
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| The Vila may have inspired the '''Veela''', stunningly beautiful and magically captivating women who put men into a trance when singing or dancing and turn into hideous bird-like creatures capable of throwing balls of fire when angered, in [[J. K. Rowling]]'s ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''.
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| =References=
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| ==See also==
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| [[Leimakid]]s
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| [[Limnade]]s
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| [[Oceanid]]s
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| [[Dryad]]s
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| [[Nephele]]
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| [[Category:Slavic mythology]]
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| [[Category:Nature spirits]]
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| [[Category:water]]
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