[HPforGrownups] Feminist Veela's, and a Hag

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 3890

mmarth at peoplepc.com wrote:

> One definition of a Veela:
>
> Veela are ghosts of unbaptised women or virgins that are doomed to
> remain on earth.  They often dance in circles and any human who sees
> them will be forced to join the circle, dancing to his death.

Where'd she get the bird characteristics, when they got mad? I'd never heard
of a veela before, but there's all sorts of cool eastern European stuff,
too, like rusalkas, that are also a type of ghost.

--Amanda