Category: Aquatic
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Sirens
Native to the Mediterranean, the siren is an oceanic creature that lures sailors to their deaths against the cliffs. Category: Aquatic History The most well-known legend of the siren is the tale of Odysseus. In this tale, the crew has to fill their ears with wax to ensure they cannot hear the sirens’ call, while…
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Kelpies
The kelpie is a Scottish water creature, who tricks humans into joining them in the water to drown and eat them. Category: Aquatic History Kelpies are water spirits known for drowning their victims after enticing them to follow them. This is usually in the form of a horse or person, convincing the person to follow…
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Loch Ness Monster
The Loch Ness monster (or Nessie) is, as the name suggests, a creature that lives in the depths of the Loch Ness, a large body of water in Scotland. Believed to potentially be an ancient dinosaur species, Nessie has lived in Loch Ness for centuries Category: Aquatic History The earliest stories about Nessie date back…
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Anglermaid
The anglermaid is a mimic species that partially takes the appearance of a classic mermaid to lure sailors to their deaths. Despite the name, they are not related to merfolk. Category: Aquatic History Anglermaids are known to live in deep sea areas near rocky outcroppings, waiting for ships to pass. When their is a ship…
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Tropical Mermaids
Tropical merfolk are the smallest of the merfolk species; their small stature and bright coloring makes them unique amongst their larger and less vivid relatives. Category: Aquatic History Due to their small size, tropical merfolk are less known than their larger relatives, and few stories are told of them. Many are mistaken for seahorses or…
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Lake Superior
There are many bodies of water believed to contain a supernatural creature. Loch Ness and Nessie, the Kraken in the seas. Charybdis and Scylla of the Mediterranean. But Lake Superior is not one of these cases. Lake Superior is the creature. History There have been thousands of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes chain in North…
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Nymphs
Nymphs, a cousin to the dryad, are nature spirits found in bodies of water. Native primarily to the Mediterranean, they are fierce when provoked. Category: Aquatic History Nymphs are a type of demigod from Greek mythology, nature spirits that represent bodies of water. Nymphs are all female; their male children frequently become heroes or demigods…
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