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In English Folklore, Wicked Jenny or Jenny Greenteeth is a river hag that would pull children into the water to drown.
(Brian Froud Art)

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2020-03-12

Jenny Greenteeth, luring unsuspecting men to a watery end. Old Cumbrian legend. Oil on canvas I did long ago.

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2020-03-10

Folklore abounds with fairies tricking children into danger. Stories about them provided warnings against careless behavior. Like Peg Powler or Jenny Greenteeth, water hags who would snatch children away into the deeps if they got too close to the river's edge.

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2019-12-05

I've always loved Alan Lee's illustration of the bog spirit Jenny Greenteeth about to add snatch a victim, or, as I call it, "Muck Fairy Kill"

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2019-11-24

Our Hallowe'en issue is now on sale!
Usborne's World of the Unknown; William Hope Hodgson; Dancing Coffins of Barbados; Germany's Medieval Torture Museum; Faceless phantoms; Jenny Greenteeth; Malaysian mass hysteria; Philadelphia Experiment; Nessie the giant eel and much more…

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2019-10-10

Jenny Greenteeth lurks at the bottom of rivers and ponds. Her cold, sinewy arms reach up to grab the ankles of those who get too close to the water and drag them down to her underwater lair.

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2019-04-04

Jinnymon has a subspecies called Jennymon (Jenny Greenteeth) and she wears a walrus costume. Her next form is selkie related and uses the tusks as weapons. She is Jinnymon's (relative?) old neighbour and doesn't show up til much later but I know y'all can't get enough amphibians

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2018-11-24


The site of Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral, St James Mount was once home to a witch A statue of her was found when excavations were taking place. She is also believed 2B the inspiration behind child snatcher.
Art Alexandra Dawe

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2018-10-18

According to sailors, this rhyme supposedly sung by of & Come into the water, love Dance beneath the waves Where dwell the bones of sailor lads Inside my saffron cave

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2018-02-16

did some digital paint practise of the folklore character known as Jenny Greenteeth.

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2018-01-23