Jenny Greenteeth and Peg Powler

Two similar and equally nasty entities from English folklore are Jenny Greenteeth and Peg Powler. Both inhabit bodies of water, Jenny preferring stagnant pools while Peg haunts the river Tees in the North of England. Children who unwisely played too close to the waters edge would be dragged under by these spirits and drowned (or worse, devoured). The origins of these types of entities are probably cautionary tales to scare children away from playing near water, where the risk of drowning is all too real.

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