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  2. List of water deities - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Naiad - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Water spirit - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Slavic water spirits - Wikipedia

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    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).

  6. Mythic humanoids - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Category:Female legendary creatures - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. List of nature deities - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Undine - Wikipedia

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    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 ...