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Fleshgaits are shape-shifting creature found in forests all over North America. Fleshgaits are known to mimic voices mostly that of their victims last words as well as change into different animals to lure their victims into the forest .

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Enchanting illustrations 💛
by Michael Parkes

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The Sea King went to the church where Agneta had gone, pleading with her to return. But Agneta remained steadfast in prayer, refusing to even look at him. It's a very interesting embodiment of the tensions between pagan and Christian cultures.

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The Russian artist, Victor Nizovtsev has painted some stunning mermaid paintings. Here's just one of them to cool off!

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"Undine" - one of the best loved books of the 19th century.

Adapted from the works of Paracelcus & the original tale of 'Melusine', the water spirit, who loved a knight & married to gain a human soul.

Must watch: the beautiful Irish film 'Ondine'.

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2021-07-21

The Blue Men of the Minch or Storm Kelpies are blue-skinned men that inhabit the ocean between mainland Scotland and the northern Inner Hebrides. They conjure storms, sink ships & drown sailors and may be seen jumping in the water or sleeping below the surface.

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Mermaids...
Beautiful beings, half ladies, half fish and 100% glamour!
Pic Fishbone Art

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2021-07-20

The man returned to land and kept his word. He returned the skin to the Selkie and never hunted another seal ever again.

While there are not a lot of stories featuring male mermaids and sirens, there are many tales of male selkies (2/2)

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'Once there was a who found herself robbed of all her powers...'

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by Ivona Denovic

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Kawa akago are a type of from believed to be related to kappa. They appear as red-skinned babies, lurking in the reeds near waterways. They cry out, sounding exactly like a real baby, to lure passers-by closer to the water's edge.

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An Undine is a category of elemental being, usually female, associated with water, like Hans Christian Anderson's "Little Mermaid", and which first appears in the alchemical writings of Paracelsus.

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'Who would be
A mermaid fair,
Singing alone,
Combing her hair
Under the sea,
In a golden curl
With a comb of pearl,
On a throne?

I would be a mermaid fair;
I would sing to myself the whole of the day...'
-Lord Tennyson

🎨Warwick Goble

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In 12th c England, a maiden was accused of by Joshua Linnet. He bound her up & threw her in Blakemere Pool. The woman turned into a & vowed revenge. Linnet's corpse was later found floating in Blakemere Pool, shredded by her sharp claws.

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Kelpies are shapeshifting water spirits who lure people into lakes & drown them. The Scottish folktale "The Kelpie & the Ten Children" is a cautionary tale of children lured onto a beautiful horse's back, only for the horse to jump into a lake.

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According to the Roman poets Virgil and Ovid, the “Sirenum Scopuli” were three small rocky islands where the dangerous of Greek lived and lured sailors to their deaths with their bewitching singing.
🎨Gustav Wertheimer

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