Samodiva

Because Marko was raised on samodiva milk he acquired supernatural powers.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Samodiva in southern Bulgaria.

The man would then become obsessed with the Samodiva and chase her relentlessly, unable to think about anything else (including his own nourishment).

In Slavic folklore, a Samodiva can blind every person who sets eyes upon her.

A samodiva would sometimes give a small portion of it to her lover to strengthen her control over him via its magical effects.

The Samodiva, fuelled by the energy she stole from her admirer, would then proceed to torture the man until he dies of exhaustion.

But a samodiva (also called samovila) named Vila found Marko and brought him up, becoming his foster mother.

In many stories this is exactly what the hero is forced to do to save a loved one, as a Samodiva would never share her secrets willingly.

Much like the Vila in Slavic folklore, a Samodiva's power is believed to come mostly from her long (usually blond) hair.

In Bulgarian folklore, a Samodiva's close connection to the forest makes her knowledgeable about magical herbs and cures for all illnesses.

He has a winged horse, called Sharkolia (meaning "dappled") and a stepsister - the samodiva Gyura.

It surmounts Tumba Ice Cap to the northwest and Samodiva Glacier to the northeast.

It is said that when a Samodiva is angered she would change her appearance and turn into a monstrous bird, capable of flinging fire at her enemies.

Bulgarian folklore personifies illnesses as witches and has a wide range of creatures, including lamya, samodiva (veela) and karakondzhul.

Groups of individual Pyramids have been named The Towers, The Pinnacles and The Samodiva Chimneys.

Situated west of Wright Ice Piedmont, north of Gregory Glacier and east of Samodiva Glacier.

In Bulgarian and Serbian folklore, "Vila samodiva" (or "Vila samovila") is used to describe the samodiva maiden who leads the others in their dances.

Writing early in the 20th century, researcher Tudor Pamfile integrated "Ivan Turbincă" within a large framework of Eastern European folkloric accounts in which Death or Samodiva are the antagonists.

They are usually hostile and dangerous to people - men who gaze upon a Samodiva fall instantly in love (or at least in lust), and women go as far as taking their own lives in the sight of such beauty.

Sometimes a Samodiva would seduce a man, commonly a shepherd or a trespasser in her forest, and take him as her lover - however, in doing so she would take all of his life energy, his essence.

It is widely considered that the image of the samodiva and their behavior is actually based ancient Thracian legends, especially those connected to the Cult of Orpheus, which included songs and dances performed by fire-priestesses.

In Serbia they were maidens cursed by God; in Bulgaria they were known as samodiva, girls who died before they were baptized; and in Poland they are beautiful young girls floating in the air atoning for frivolous past lives.