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This page groups mythical creatures by the wider artistic and religious tradition that pictures them. Wikipedia notes that "in medieval art, animals, both real and mythical, played important roles." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every creature from one cultural tradition together.

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Beings that dwell in rivers, lakes, springs and the sea. Water is among the most widely attested dwellings of local powers, and such beings are usually tied to one named body of water rather than to a pantheon. 2
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The water spirits

This small group gathers a water spirit, a being dwelling in rivers, lakes, springs or the sea, of a kind found across the world's folklore, where water is often the home of alluring, capricious or dangerous powers.

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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Encyclopedia of Religion
Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005the article on waterView the Source
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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