A water spirit is a kind of supernatural being found in the folklore of many cultures:
Some water spirits in traditional African religion include:
In Celtic mythology:
In Greek mythology:
In Turkic mythology:
In the mythology of Oceania:
In Roman mythology:
In Slavic mythology:
In Finnish mythology, the water folk (vedenväki) are a group of creatures living under water and their magical power. According to the Kalevala , there are many spirits in the water, including water goblins (vesihiisi), water elves (vetehinen or näkki ), mermaids and small men rising from the sea, who sometimes appeared to help people with great power. Anyone who was afraid of water or behaved inappropriately near water could incur the wrath of the water folk and become ill. The water folk also included individualized and named water spirits, such as Ahti, Vellamo and Iku-Turso. [5]
Apakāya ekendriya is a name used in the traditions of Jainism for Jīvas that were reincarnated as rain, dew, fog, melted snow and melted hail. [6]