The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Complete A-Z for the Entire Magical World - Judika Illes 2005

The White Women
The Divine Witch: Goddesses and Gods

The White Women are spirits who live in German forests where they assist travelers, practice divination, and dance fertility dances. Their exact identity and nature is unclear: they have been variously identified as spirits, lingering ghosts of witches, or goddess-worshipping witches.

Various forest-dwelling female Slavic spirits including the Rusalki and Vila are described as being dressed in white.

See also Hulda; FAIRIES: Nature-spirit Fairies: Rusalka, Vila.