Rusalka

Origin: Slavic Mythology
Habitat: Water (Rivers and Lakes)
Behavior: Aggressive

Description:

• A beautiful woman with long wild green hair like seaweed and pale (Slightly greenish) skin. 

Facts:

• In Slavic mythology, a rusalka is something similar to the Celtic mermaids or the Greek sirens. They are beautiful young water nymphs who live in bodies of water and entice men into following them to a watery grave. 
• Known for living in rivers and lakes (Not seas like mermaids and sirens), they come out many times during the year, especially during the summer, and dance around the nearby woods. They can often be seen combing their hair or crafting flower garlands. While lore often says that the rusalki could not completely stand out of water, some fiction works tell of rusalki that could climb trees and sing songs, sit on docks with only submerged feet and comb their hair, or even join other rusalki in circle dances in the field. 
• It is also believed, by a few accounts, that rusalki can change their appearance to match the tastes of men they are about to seduce.
• A rusalka is made when a young woman dies of a violent death. Sometimes it is murder, sometimes it is a suicide, but usually it is a death by drowning. Stories of rusalka often revolve around women betrayed by a husband or lover. Some rusalka are young women who jumped into a lake or river because she was pregnant out of wedlock. Other origin stories say a rusalka is any young woman who dies a virgin, regardless of whether the death was violent or natural. Finally, some myths claim that a rusalka is any unclean soul, in other words, anyone who killed himself or herself by jumping into a lake or river.
• If you would like to go swimming with the rusalka put fern in your hair so they cannot pull you under and drown you. Some say that only witches can swim safely with the rusalka. According to legend, there are two ways to kill a rusalka, to let her hair dry out on land or to break her comb.