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BACKGROUND
Information: A reference in south Slavic folk song.
Definition: A powerful non-human female associated with storm-clouds and storm-winds, frequently sighted in clouds or in high mountain habitat.
Region: Macedonia
RELATED SPECIES
- Slavic: vila, samovila, diva, samodiva.
- Albanian: zana
EXAMPLES
- Dimna Juda Mamo
- Makedonsko Devoyče: Koga kosi raspletish kako koprina, lichna si i polichna od samovila. (You who plait your hair like silk, lovely you are and more lovely than the samovila.)
DOCUMENT
- Macedonia, a country.
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