Vila
nature_spirit sky Slavic single tradition · 5
Weather spirits from Slavic tradition that control atmospheric phenomena and natural forces.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 1000 BCE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Russia in the 11th century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Vilkacis, Viruñas, Vision Serpent, Vishap, Vitore, Víðópnir, Vodyanoy, Vrykolakas, Vucub-Caquix, Vættir, rusałka, dziwożona, łaskotałka, nawka, boginiak, samodiva, samovila, diva, Vila Samodiva, Vida, Gyurgya, rusalki, Ravijojla, víly, vile, Wiles, les wilis, die Wilis, veela, Rod, Rozhanitsy, Pereplut, Dziwa, Vetala, Varaha, Vadātājs, Vahana, Vaibhavi, Valkyrie, Vâlvă, Valravn, Vampire, Vanara, Vântoase, Vârcolac, Vardøger, Vedrfolnir, Veļi, Věri Şělen, Víbria, Mamuna, Lamia, Perun, Mokosh, Khors, Simargl
- aspect of
- boginki
Mentioned by
- Vetala
- Varaha
- Vadātājs
- Vahana
- Vaibhavi
- Valkyrie
- Vâlvă
- Valravn
- Vampire
- Vanara
- Vântoase
- Vârcolac
- Vardøger
- Vedrfolnir
- Veļi
- Věri Şělen
and 7 more
Sources
Source passages
“Vila (Slavic) – Weather spirit”
#5570 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Some boginki are rusałka, vila, dziwożona, łaskotałka, mamuna, or nawka. The term "boginka" started to be applied to any of them.”
#5902 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The character of the Vila is attested in South Slavic fairy tales collected by Friedrich Salomon Krauss.”
#7366 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Heather Walter's Malice duology, the vila serve as a darker counterpart to other fae, based more closely on the Irish interpretations.”
#7430 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Vila, Mokosh, Dziwa, Perun, Khors, Rod and Rozhanitsy, ghosts and banks, and Pereplut, and turning to drink to him in the corners”
#26745 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001