Camenae were goddesses of springs, wells and fountains, or water nymphs of Venus (mythology).Adaro were malevolent merman-like sea spirits found in the mythology of the Solomon Islands.Ahuizotl a dog-like aquatic creature that drowned the unwary.A Hyōsube ( ひょうすべ) is a hair-covered version of a Kappa.Kappa ( 河童, "river-child"), alternately called Kawatarō ( 川太郎, "river-boy") or Kawako ( 川子, "river-child"), are a type of water sprite.Sirens were bird-bodied women living in the sea near a rocky island coastline.Pegaeae (Πηγαῖαι) were a type of naiad that lived in springs.Limnades or Leimenides ( Λιμνάδες / Λειμενίδες) were a type of naiad living in freshwater lakes.They are formed of air, they live in the air, and they have unusual power over the air, particularly the wind and the clouds. Crinaeae (Κρηναῖαι) were a type of nymph associated with fountains A Sylph (also known as Sylphid) is an air spirit.Naiads were nymphs who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks.The grindylow in the folklore of both Lancashire and Yorkshire.Peg Powler said to inhabit the River Tees in Yorkshire.Jenny Greenteeth in the folklore of Lancashire.The Undine or Ondine is a female water elemental (first appearing the alchemical works of Paracelsus).The Nixie (English) or the Nix/Nixe/Nyx (German) are shapeshifting water spirits who usually appear in human form.Morgens, Morgans or Mari-Morgans are Welsh and Breton water spirits that drown men.the capaill uisce or the glashtin (Ireland).the nuggle also known as the shoopiltee or njogel (Shetland).There are many similar creatures by other names in the mythology including: A Kelpie is a less dangerous sort of water horse.The Gwragedd Annwn are female Welsh lake fairies of great beauty.An Each uisge is a particularly dangerous "water horse" supposed to be found in Scotland its Irish counterpart is the Aughisky.A simbi is a mermaid-like or reptilian spirits from Kongo tribe and related to Vaudou religion.Among the Bakweri, the name is liengu (plural: maengu). a supernatural creature originally in Germanic folklore and conceived of in many forms but usually as having the form of a woman or as half human and half. A jengu (plural miengu) is a water spirit in the traditional beliefs of the Sawa ethnic groups of Cameroon, particularly the Duala, Bakweri, and related Sawa peoples.
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