Jenny Greenteeth
nature_spirit water Yorkshire folklore single tradition · 2
A water spirit or nixie from Yorkshire folklore. This being is a regional variant of the river hag type that threatens children near water.
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When
- Historical notes
- A regional variant of the nixie or neck type specific to Yorkshire.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nelly Longarms, The Cailleachan, Atropos, Brigid, Cailleach, Mara, Baba Yaga, Night Hag
- cognate of
- Peg Powler
- child of
- Grindylow
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“This type of nixie or neck has other regional names, such as Grindylow (a name connected to Grendel), Jenny Greenteeth from Yorkshire, and Nelly Longarms from several English counties.”
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“Jenny Greenteeth inspired the lake monster Meg Mucklebones in the 1985 Ridley Scott fantasy film Legend. Jenny Greenteeth is recalled by John Heath-Stubbs in his poem "The Green Man's Last Will and Testament", lamenting the eclipse of "the cruel nymphs/ Of the northern streams, Peg Powler of the Tees/ And Jenny Greenteeth of the Ribble"”
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