This article's lead sectionmay be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article.(January 2022)
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.
Su Iyesi is a water spirit. People should not make her angry. Turkic people do not pollute the water so as not to anger the Su Iyesi. Su Iyesi is mostly considered female.[4]
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.
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.
^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.