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- Ancient Greek
- Japanese
- Mesoamerican
- Oceanic
- Roman
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- Thai
- References
{{unsourced|date=August 2017}}{{see also|Water deity}}A water spirit is a kind of supernatural being found in the myth and folklore of many cultures: African Some of the water spirits in traditional African religion include: - Mami Wata is a transcultural pantheon of water spirits and deities of the African diaspora. For the many names associated with Mami Wata spirits and goddess, see Names of Mami Wata.[1]
- Owu Mmiri of some riverine people of Nigeria are often described as mermaid-like spirit of water.[2]
- 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. Among the Bakweri, the name is liengu (plural: maengu).
Celtic In Celtic mythology: - An Each uisge is a particularly dangerous "water horse" supposed to be found in Scotland;[3] its Irish counterpart is the Aughisky.
- The Gwragedd Annwn are female Welsh lake fairies of great beauty.
- A Kelpie is a less dangerous sort of water horse. There are many similar creatures by other names in the mythology including:
- the tangie (Orkney and Shetland)
- the nuggle also known as the shoopiltee or njogel (Shetland)
- the cabbyl-ushtey (Isle of Man)
- the Ceffyl Dŵr (Wales)
- the capall uisge or the glashtin (Ireland)
- Morgens, Morgans or Mari-Morgans are Welsh and Breton water spirits that drown men.
- Selkie
Germanic In Germanic mythology: - The Neck (English) or the Nix/Nixe/Nyx (German) are shapeshifting water spirits who usually appear in human form.
- The Undine or Ondine is a female water elemental (first appearing the alchemical works of Paracelsus).
- Jenny Greenteeth in the folklore of Lancashire
- Peg Powler said to inhabit the River Tees in Yorkshire
- The grindylow in the folklore of both Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Ancient Greek In Greek mythology: - Naiads were nymphs who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks
- Crinaeae (Κρηναῖαι) were a type of nymph associated with fountains
- Limnades or Leimenides (Λιμνάδες / Λειμενίδες) were a type of naiad living in freshwater lakes.
- Pegaeae (Πηγαῖαι) were a type of naiad that lived in springs.
- Nereids were sea nymphs.
- Sirens were bird-headed women living in the sea near a rocky island coastline.
Japanese In Japanese folklore: - {{nihongo|Kappa|河童||"river-child"}}, alternately called {{nihongo|Kawatarō|川太郎||"river-boy"}} or {{nihongo|Kawako|川子||"river-child"}}, are a type of water sprite.
- A {{nihongo|Hyōsube|ひょうすべ}} is a hair-covered version of a Kappa.
Mesoamerican In Aztec belief: - Ahuizotl; a dog-like aquatic creature that drowned the unwary.
Oceanic In the mythology of Oceania: - Adaro were malevolent merman-like sea spirits found in the mythology of the Solomon Islands.
Roman In Roman mythology: - Camenae were goddesses of springs, wells and fountains, or water nymphs of Venus (mythology).
Slavic In Slavic mythology: - A Vodyanoy (also wodnik, vodník, vodnik, vodenjak) is a male water spirit akin to the Germanic Neck.
- A Rusalka (plural: rusalki) was a female ghost, water nymph, succubus or mermaid-like demon that dwelled in a waterway.
- А Berehynia in ancient Ukrainian folklore is a goddess spirit that guarded the edges of waterways, while today it is used as a symbol for Ukrainian nationalism.
- For potoplenyk, vila/wila/wili/veela, and vodianyk, see also Slavic fairies.
Thai- Phi Phraya (ผีพราย, พรายน้ำ), a female ghost living in the water.
- Phi Thale (ผีทะเล), a spirit of the sea. It manifests itself in different ways, one of them being St. Elmo's fire, among other uncanny phenomenons experienced by sailors and fishermen while on boats.
References1. ^{{Cite book | last = Drewal | first = Henry John | title = Sacred Waters: Arts for Mami Wata and other divinities in Africa and the diaspora | editor-last = Drewal | editor-first = Henry John | contribution = Introduction: Charting the Voyage | place = Bloomington | publisher = Indiana University Press | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-253-35156-2 | postscript = }}, p. 1.
2. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.imdiversity.com/Villages/Global/Global_News_Headlines/ServingTwoMasters.asp|title=Serving Two Masters: The Case of the Self-Confessed Christian and Priestess of the Water Goddess|last=|first=|date=2007-07-30|work=Daily Sun (Nigeria)|access-date=2018-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207133258/http://www.imdiversity.com/Villages/Global/Global_News_Headlines/ServingTwoMasters.asp|archive-date=2010-02-07}}
3. ^{{cite journal|last=MacPhail|first=Malcolm |date=1896|title=Folklore from the Hebrides|journal=Folklore|volume=7|issue=4|pages=400–04|doi=10.1080/0015587X.1896.9720386}}
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