单词 | vila |
释义 | vilan. In Slavonic mythology: a fairy, a nymph, a spirit. Cf. wili n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] elfOE elvena1100 spiritc1350 fay1393 fairyc1405 mammeta1425 sprite?1440 lady1538 faerie1579 Robin Goodfellow1588 elfin1590 pigwidgeon1594 pygmy1611 fairess1674 peri1739 spriggan1754 fane1806 glendoveer1810 vila1827 Polong1839 Gandharva1846 elle-maid1850 sheogue1852 hillman1882 elvet1885 pishogue1906 1827 J. Bowring Servian Pop. Poetry p. xxxvii An omnipresent spirit—airy and fanciful—making its dwelling in solitudes..a being called the Vila. 1887 Folk-Lore Jrnl. 5 347 Whosoever has compared the northern elves with the Slavonic vilas..will see that they are of modern origin. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 689/2 The [Serbian] peasants believe in charms and omens, in..ghosts, the evil eye and vile or white-robed spirits of the earth, air, stream and mountain, with hoofs like a goat and henna-dyed nails and hair. 1922 D. H. Low in tr. Ballads of Marko Kraljević 21 In Serbian song Vilas are represented as jealous and capricious beings but on the whole not unfriendly to mankind. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVI. 876/1 Particularly feared are maidens who died before marriage and are believed to be addicted to the kidnapping of bridegrooms and babies... They are called..vile..in Serbo–Croatia and Bulgaria. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1827 |
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