Jenny Greenteeth
Jenny Greenteeth (German: Jenny Grünzahn ) is a character from English folklore. She is a kind of river witch , similar to the figure of Peg Powler ; it is said to drag children and the elderly into the water and drown them. She is often described as having green skin, long hair, and pointed teeth. In Lancashire she is called Jinny Greenteeth , in Cheshire and Shropshire Ginny Greenteeth , Wicked Jenny or Peg o 'Nell .
It may have been conceived as a child scare figure to keep them out of dangerous waters, similar to the Rusálka in Slavic countries, the Kappa in Japanese mythology or the Australian Bunyip . Other folklorists see them as a reminder of religious sacrificial rites.
Trivia
- Jenny Greenteeth appears in the Hellboy short story The Corpse .
- She has also appeared in Terry Pratchett's Little Free Men , Christopher Golden's The Myth Hunters, and Jim Butcher's Side Jobs .
- In the Monster in My Pocket series , she is character # 108.
- She is mentioned in Nancy Farmers The Land of the Silver Apples and Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr .
literature
- Jenny Greenteeth. In: Katharine Mary Briggs : An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures. ISBN 0-394-73467-X , page 242.
credentials
- ^ Carole B. Silver, Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness , p 155-6 ISBN 0-19-512199-6