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Vila vs Viga - What's the difference?

vila | viga |

As nouns the difference between vila and viga

is that vila is a type of fairy or nymph in Slavic mythology while viga is a roughly made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village.

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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    viga

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a roughly made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village
  • * 1992': The '''vigas were partly down and hunters or herdsmen had built fires in the floor. — Cormac McCarthy, ''All The Pretty Horses

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