wickedends:Wilis, or Vilas, are vengeful Slavic witch-spirits; in life they were maidens deceived
wickedends: Wilis, or Vilas, are vengeful Slavic witch-spirits; in life they were maidens deceived by lovers and died before their weddings. In death, they haunt the forest from midnight to dawn each night, forcing any man who wanders into their path to dance until he dies of exhaustion. Russian Vilas, like Valkyries, had charge of the rites of death and the guiding of souls. They came to be feared as the angry, dangerous souls of drowned women, who drew into the waters any heedless wayfarer who happened to see them dance by moonlight. (x) -- source link
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