The caption for this illustration reads: I shuddered with horror in a few moments had Sharatz the Veela overtaken. The I is Marko, the Serbian hero, and Sharatz is his horse. The figure at right is a Veela. In Slavic and Serbian mythology, the Veela was a supernatural being. They were said to like dancing and to marry mortal men on occasion. The illustration is from a 1921 book on Serbian myths and legends.


The caption for this illustration reads: I shuddered with horror in a few moments had Sharatz the Veela overtaken. The I is Marko, the Serbian hero, and Sharatz is his horse. The figure at right is a Veela. In Slavic and Serbian mythology, the Veela was a supernatural being. They were said to like dancing and to marry mortal men on occasion. The illustration is from a 1921 book on Serbian myths and legends.


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Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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