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Water fairy is a general term for a legendary creature, an ephemeral spirit associated with water. Usually they are of the female gender.

These creatures exist in mythology of various peoples. Ancient Greeks knew water nymphs in several types such as Naiads or Nyads which guarded the fresh water bodies for the gods, and Slavic mythology knows them as vilas.

Water fairies should not be confused with other water creatures like selkies, mermaids, and the like, these being corporeal beings.

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