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A water spirit is a kind of supernatural being found in the folklore of many cultures:
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).
A simbi is a mermaid-like or reptilian spirits from Kongo tribe and related to Vaudou religion.
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.
Moryana is a giant sea spirit from Russian folklore.
For potoplenyk, vila/wila/wili/veela, and vodianyk, see also Slavic fairies.
Thai
Phi Phraya (ผีพราย, พรายน้ำ), a 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.
References
^Drewal, Henry John (2008). "Introduction: Charting the Voyage". In Drewal, Henry John (ed.). Sacred Waters: Arts for Mami Wata and other divinities in Africa and the diaspora. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN978-0-253-35156-2., p. 1.
^. Daily Sun (Nigeria). 2007-07-30. Archived from the original on 2010-02-07. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
^MacPhail, Malcolm (1896). "Folklore from the Hebrides". Folklore. 7 (4): 400–04. doi:10.1080/0015587X.1896.9720386.
January 06, 2023
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