Water monster may refer to:
* a
sea monster
Sea monsters are beings from folklore believed to dwell in the sea and often imagined to be of immense size. Marine monsters can take many forms, including sea dragons, sea serpents, or tentacled beasts. They can be slimy and scaly and are ofte ...
* a
lake monster
A lake monster is a lake-dwelling entity in folklore. The most famous example is the Loch Ness Monster. Depictions of lake monsters are often similar to those of sea monsters.
In the ''Motif-Index of Folk-Literature'', entities classified as "lak ...
* a
water spirit
* a water bogey such as the
grindylow
In English folklore, grindylow or grundylow is a creature in the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West Engl ...
,
Jenny Greenteeth
Jenny Greenteeth a.k.a. Wicked Jenny or Ginny Greenteeth is a figure in English folklore. A river-hag, similar to Peg Powler or a grindylow, she would pull children or the elderly into the water and drown them. The name is also used to descr ...
or
Peg Powler Peg Powler is a hag and water spirit in English folklore who inhabits the River Tees. Similar to the Grindylow, Jenny Greenteeth, and Nelly Longarms, she drags children into the water if they get too close to the edge. She is regarded as a bogey ...
* an ''
Axolotl
The axolotl (; from nci, āxōlōtl ), ''Ambystoma mexicanum'', is a paedomorphic salamander closely related to the tiger salamander. Axolotls are unusual among amphibians in that they reach adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis. Instea ...
'', Mexican salamander
See also
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List of piscine and amphibian humanoids
Piscine and amphibian humanoids (people with the characteristics of fish or amphibians) appear in folklore and fiction.
Folklore Myth
* Adaro from the mythology of the Solomon Islands
* Atargatis from Assyrian mythology
* Blue men of the Minch ...
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River monster (disambiguation)
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Sea Monsters (disambiguation)
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