water sprite
Aquatic mythical creature
A water sprite is a mythical creature inhabiting rivers, lakes, streams, or seas.
Sprites are typically imagined as small, ethereal beings—spirits of nature rather than flesh-and-blood creatures.
Water sprites appear in folklore worldwide under various names: nymphs, naiads, undines, nixies.
They may be benevolent, mischievous, or dangerous, often luring travelers to watery depths.
- mermaidFish-tailed ocean woman
- undineFemale water spirit
- kelpieScottish drowning spirit
- nixieAquatic folklore creature
- naiadFreshwater spirit of myth
siren · nereid · nymph · elemental spirit · selkie · pond · still waters · magical creature · enchantment · river · shape-shifter · stream · marsh · fairy tale · folk tale · transformation · lake · waterfall
- Water DeitiesPoseidon, Neptune, Oceanus, Tethys, Pontus
- Fairiesfairies, faeries, fairy queen, fairy dust, fairy wings
- sea lorekraken, mermaids, mermaid, sea serpent, sirens
- sea mythologykraken, merfolk, merpeople, sea serpents, sea monsters
- water plantsduckweed, waterlily, pondweed, lily pads, waterweed
- elementalsfire elemental, elemental, elemental beings, sylph, sylphs
water spritefire elemental
Sentient embodiment of flames
fire sprite · fire spirit · salamander · gnome · phoenix
water spritegnome
Mythical underground dwarf
wood nymph · dryad · brownie · goblin · leprechaun
water, watery, watered, watering, underwater, saltwater, waterproof, watershed, freshwater