Grindylow


In English folklore, grindylow or grundylow is a creature in the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire. The name is thought to be connected to Grendel, a name or term used in Beowulf and in many Old English charters where it is seen in connection with meres, bogs and lakes.
Grindylows are said to grab children with their long sinewy arms and drown them if they come too close to the water's edge. Grindylows have been used as a shadowy figures to frighten children away from pools, marshes or ponds where they could drown.
Peg Powler and Jenny Greenteeth are similar water spirits.

In popular culture