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Thu Jun 12, 2014, 06:47 AM Jun 2014

Spirits of the Well

Spirits were frequently thought to inhabit wells and other bodies of water. They were sometimes horse-shaped, bull-shaped, or mermaid shaped. A mermaid was thought to appear before a heavy rain, and her appearance denotes that there will be a drowning.

The Mermaid

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