Peg Powler is an evil water sprite who dwells in the River Tees in Northern England.
Description
Peg Powler has long green tresses, and foamy froth (called Peg Powler's suds) follows in her wake.
Behavior
Peg Powler saught to lure people to her waters, where she drowned them, and sometimes devoured them.
Children were warned away from the banks of the Tees by their parents, lest Peg take them unawares.