White women (mythology)
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White woman in mythology and folklore can have various meanings, that vary by culture:
- Witte Wieven (Dutch: white women), a type of female spirit
- Weisse Frauen (German: white women), a type of female spirit
- Dames Blanches (folklore) (French: white ladies), a type of female spirit
- White Lady (ghost), a common description around world for a female ghost.
White women in myths and folklore with specific names:
- Alvinne, French folklore, ghost in white cloak
- Berchta (Bertha, Perchta), female entity, Germanic myth and lore
- La Llorona, female ghost in Latin America, sometimes called The Woman in White
- Mademoiselle Charlotte, Haitian Vodun loa
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