Water sprite

A water sprite (also called a water fairy or water faery) is a general term for a legendary creature, an elemental spirit associated with water, according to alchemist Paracelsus. Water sprites are said to be able to breathe water or air and are mostly harmless unless threatened.

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These creatures exist in mythology of various peoples. Ancient Greeks knew water nymphs in several types such as naiads or nyads, which guarded the fresh water bodies for the gods, while Slavic mythology knows them as vilas.

In elemental classifications, water sprite should not be confused with other water creatures considered to be "corporeal beings" such as selkies and mermaids.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Dagon
• Each uisge
• Jengu
• Kelpie
• Naiads
• Nix
• Nymph
• Mami Wata
• Melusine
• mermaid
• merman
• Morgens
• Rusalka
• selkie
• sirens
• Undine
• Vodyanoy