water spirit
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- noun
- /ˈwɔːtər ˈspɪrɪt/
- Literature
:
espíritu del agua
- According to local legend, a water spirit can grant wishes to those who respect the natural water sources.
Udu Salki are water spirits or Meadow spirits that again, like a lot of like actually like a lot of Pagan stuff that shows up in Tolkien.
- Udu Salki are water spirits or Meadow spirits that again, like a lot of like actually like a lot of Pagan stuff that shows up in Tolkien.
Examples
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The evil water spirit Vodnik was holed up in the muddy bottom of the pond.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the weeks that followed, sacrificial canoes connected with Eleke, a powerful water spirit, joined the first group (Fig. 18).
Academic text (2003) -
A family arranged the performance to prevent the water spirit from punishing its members.
Academic text (2003) -
An undine is a water spirit said to gain a soul by marrying and having a child.
Blog text (13) -
Even humble, workaday canoes can convey sacrifices to water spirits.
Academic text (2003) -
Foss explains that among the Urhobo, costumed dances are performed for water spirits, earth spirits, and spirits of the air.
Academic text (1999) -
One of two sacrificial canoes was deployed to protect the town from malevolent spirits during the performance of the water spirit Eleke.
Academic text (2003) -
The Goddess Series by Madame Romy Arethusa (Anne Chase, American, heiress): A water spirit.
Fiction book (1997) -
I was unable to record the original date of the Mami Wata painting on the base of the posuban, but mermaids occur on a number of shrines, and the more explicit representation of the water spirit with a snake reflects widespread West African practices.
Academic text (2007) -
In many cultures, the water spirit is thought to protect the river and its creatures.
Synonyms
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A female spirit that lives in rivers, lakes, or springs
A small spirit from stories that lives in lakes or ponds
A water spirit that looks like a woman and lives in lakes or rivers
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Morphology
The meaning 'a supernatural being associated with water' is directly inferable from the constituents 'water' (a body of water) + 'spirit' (an incorporeal being). This noun–noun compositional pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Water spirit comes from old stories about a magical being seen in rivers, lakes, or the sea. People pictured the creature in the water or at the shore as a powerful spirit that could help or trick people, so today water spirit means 'a magical being believed to live in water'.