The list of
lake and river monsters attested in worldwide
folklore
Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as Narrative, tales, myths, legends, proverbs, Poetry, poems, jokes, and other oral traditions. This also ...
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File:Nyaminyami.jpg, A wooden carving of Nyaminyami
File:Storsjöodjuret.jpg, An artist's concept of Storsjöodjuret
In Swedish folklore, the Storsjöodjuret (, literally "The Great-Lake Monster") is a lake monster said to live in the lake Storsjön in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden.
The lake monster is first attested in a 1635 manuscript, according to whic ...
File:Bunyip 1890.jpg, An artist's concept of a Bunyip
The bunyip is a creature from the aboriginal mythology of southeastern Australia, said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes.
Name
The origin of the word ''bunyip'' has been traced to the Wemba-Wemba or Wergaia ...
, 1890
File:Naga Head.jpg, Head of Phaya Nak at Songkhla Lake
Songkhla Lake (, , ) is the largest natural lake in Thailand. It is on the Malay Peninsula in the southern part of the country. Covering an area of 1,040 km2 it borders the provinces of Songkhla and Phatthalung. Despite being called a lake, ...
, Thailand
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List of cryptids
Cryptids are animals or other beings whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science. Cryptozoology, the study of cryptids, is a pseudoscience claiming that such beings may exist somewhere in the wild; it has been widely cri ...
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Underwater panther
An underwater panther ( () or () ), is one of the most important of several mythical water beings among many Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands and Great Lakes region, particularly among the Anishinaabe.
translates into "the Grea ...
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Sea monster
Sea monsters are beings from folklore believed to dwell in the sea and are often imagined to be of immense size. Marine monsters can take many forms, including sea dragons, sea serpents, or tentacled beasts. They can be slimy and scaly and are of ...
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Lists of legendary creatures