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Naiad vs Vila - What's the difference?

naiad | vila |

As a proper noun naiad

is (astronomy) a moon of neptune.

As a noun vila is

fairy (mythical being).

naiad

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (Greek mythology) A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
  • (entomology) The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.

    • Synonyms

    * (mythology) river god * (aquatic larva) instar, larva, nymph

    See also

    * dryad * nereid

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    vila

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (mythology) A type of fairy or nymph in Slavic mythology.
  • * 1874 , Elodie Lawton Mijatovic, Serbian Folklore :
  • *:"The Vilas (fairies ) live there, and they will certainly put out your eyes as they have put out mine, if you venture on their mountain."
  • * 1998 , Mike Dixon-Kennedy, Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend , page 302:
    • Duly married, the couple lived for some time in peace and contentment, until one day Marko boasted that his wife was a vila , whereupon she put on her wings and flew away.
  • * 1995 , Albert Bates Lord, The Singer Resumes the Tale , page 52:
    • She is answered, fittingly enough, by a vila , who declares that she is more beautiful than the girl.

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