A grindylow is a mythological creature that originated from folktales in the English county of Yorkshire. The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain.
Grindylows are a sort of "bogeyman" used as a ploy to keep children from getting in the cold water in the area. The bogeyman, boogyman, bogyman, boogieman, boogey monster, or boogeyman, is a Folkloric or legendary Ghostlike They were to grab little children with their long arms and fingers and devour them if they came close to the edge of pools, marshes, or ponds. Peg Powler and Jenny Greenteeth are similar water spirits. The Peg Powler is a Hag from English folklore with a green skin long hair and sharp teeth who is said to inhabit the River Tees. Jenny Greenteeth is a figure in English folklore. A river Hag, similar to Peg Powler, she would pull children or the elderly into the water and drown [1]
Fiction
In the Harry Potter universe, grindylows live at the bottom of the Hogwarts lake and coexist, and indeed are domesticated by, its resident merpeople. Harry Potter is a series of seven Fantasy novels written by British author J
A somewhat more unfriendly race called grindylows appears in The Scar by China Miéville. This is a list of the races of Bas-Lag, a world created by British author China Miéville. The Scar is the third novel written by China Miéville, a self-described " Weird fiction " writer from London England China Tom Miéville (ˈtʃɑinɑ ˈmieɪˌvɪl (born September 6, 1972 in Norwich) is an award-winning English "fantastic fiction"
References
- ^ David Colbert, The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter, p 111, ISBN 0-9708442-0-4
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