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Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey. A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important.
In Greek mythology, the naiads (/ ˈ n aɪ æ d z, ˈ n eɪ æ d z,-ə d z /; Ancient Greek: ναϊάδες, romanized: naïádes), sometimes also hydriads, [1] are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.
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 ...
Other names used to describe this spirit were: water maiden, moriana and wodiana (the last one became topielica later). A rusalka wasn't necessarily a water spirit – forest ones existed too, and they appeared as more mature than their water counterparts (they also had black hair instead of golden).
Naiad – A type of water nymph. Nereid – Female water spirits of Greece. Nix – Germanic/ Scandinavian shape-shifting water spirit. Also Neck, Necken, Nixie, Nocken. Nymph – Female nature spirits. Oceanid – Sea nymphs, the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. Ogre, ogress – Large, grotesque humanoids. Orcs – Humanoids with grey or green ...
This is category for legendary creatures that are described as female or overwhelmingly female. ... Female spirits (9 C, 3 P) C. Crones (14 P) H. Harpies (2 C, 7 P) M.
A Greek dryad depicted in a painting. In religion, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature, such as water, biological processes, or weather.These deities can also govern natural features such as mountains, trees, or volcanoes.
These spirits are like unto human beings, but not endowed with immortal souls. [12] [19] But Undines ("water women", "water people" [20]) in particular are able to consort with humans more than the spirits of other elements, and are most capable of entering into marriage with a human male, thus earning a kernel of the immortality. The children ...