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"Vila- Natures Angel" by Selina Fenech

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Vila- Natures Angel by Selina Fenech


	I've been doing a lot of painting lately, I'm really starting to get into watercolour. This lovely lady is Vila, a northern european goddess who was a shapeshifter and protected forests and forest animals. She could become a snake, swan, horse or falcon, but normally appeared as a winged woman in glistening clothes with golden hair that fell to her feet.

Date	Name	Comment
24 Sep 2008	Anon.	Loading... love the sleeve thing on her arms!
5 Oct 2008	Monica Volcanokitten Christensen	Loading... Beautiful wings.
24 Oct 2008	Sky	Loading... Everything about he is beautiful! I love everything about it, she looks soft and kind yet powerful and strong. Just what a woman should be, you portray it amazingly.
27 Oct 2008	Anon.	Loading... You do the female figure so nicely!
27 Oct 2008	Anon.	Loading... I also like how you put at least some of every animal in the picture!
24 Jan 2009	Sherri L. White	Loading... Lovely !!!
27 Oct 2009	Dallas Nobile	Loading... it’s wonderful i love the color’s u used and the wings
19 Dec 2009	Stephanie S. K. Marbach	Loading... her dress looks fantastic!!!
26 Jun 2010	Michaela Smith	Loading... I love the colours, the wings, the dress, everything
25 Aug 2011	Jeanette M Thomas	Loading... Vilia or Vilja was used as the basis for a song in Lehar’s "The Merry Widow". Written in German, there are several English Translationd. This from a school song fits your picture. Vilia, oh Vilia, you rule in the wood O’er blossoms, bees and the tiny bird brood. Vilia, oh Vilia, your rule I’ll obey. Sweet Vilia, love me, I pray As sung by Jeannette Macdonald in the "Merry Widow" film -- There once was a vilia, a witch of the wood, A hunter beheld her alone as she stood, The spell of her beauty upon him was laid, He look’d and he longed for the magical maid! For a sudden tremor ran, Right thro’ the love bewilder’d man, And he sigh’d as a hapless lover can. Vilia, O Vilia! The witch of the wood! Would I not die for you, dear, if I could? Vilia, O Vilia, my love and my bride! Softly and sadly he sigh’d Apparently the spirit or Goddess, while protecting the woods and woodland creatures, had a darker aspect with regard to humans.
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