Hi wma123,
Definition of "Wili" by Webster's Online Dictionary:
"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, the spirits of betrothed
girls who die before their wedding night. According to Heine, wilis
are unable to rest in their graves because they could not satisfy
their passion for dancing when they were alive. They therefore gather
on the highway at midnight to lure young men and dance them to their
death. In Serbia they were maidens cursed by God; in Bulgaria they
were known as samovily, girls who died before they were baptized; and
in Poland they are beautiful young girls floating in the air atoning
for frivolous past lives."
http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Slavic%20fairies
What is a wili?
http://www.wiliqueen.com/wili.html
Slavic creatures of folklore
http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Slavic%20creatures%20of%20folklore
Definition of "Giselle" by Webster's Online Dictionary
http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Giselle
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I hope you find this information useful.
Best regards,
Jackburton-ga |
