A sprite is a supernatural entity in European mythology. They are often depicted as fairy-like creatures or as an ethereal entity.

The belief in diminutive beings such as sprites, elves, fairies, etc. has been common in many parts of the world, and might to some extent still be found within neo-spiritual and religious movements such as "neo-druidism" and Ásatrú.

In some elemental magics, the sprite is often believed to be the elemental of air.

A water sprite (also called a water fairy or water faery) is a general term for an elemental spirit associated with water, according to alchemist Paracelsus. Water sprites are said to be able to breathe water or air and sometimes can fly.

These creatures exist in the mythology of various groups. Ancient Greeks knew water nymphs in several types such as naiads (or nyads), which were divine entities that tended to be fixed in one place and so differed from gods or physical creatures. Slavic mythology knows them as vilas.

Water sprites differ from corporeal beings, such as selkies, mermaids, and sirens, as they are not purely physical and are more akin to local deities than animals.

All published appearances of  from before January 1, )-(95)}} are public domain in the US.

Some notable appearances are listed below:

* Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales by Juliana Horatia Ewing
* Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites (1854)
* Fairy Circles (1877)
* “The Banished King,” by Frank R. Stockton (Dec. 1882)
* The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland (1884)
* The Hall of Walthe of or The Early Condition and Settlement of Hallamshire (1893)
* Folklore: A Quarterly Review Vol. 8 (1897)
* The Crystal Palace and Other Legends (1909)
* A Book of Folklore (1913)
* Russian Folk-Tales (1916)
* Mother’s Nursery Tales (1918)
* The Unknown Quantity: A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales (1921)
** The Unruly Sprite: A Partial Fairy Tale

* Spirits of Autumn, by Rebecca Strutton (1930) – includes the October Sprite

* Four Color #121 - Fairy Tale Parade: When Inga falls into a stream, she is captured by water sprites and made to swear an oath to give them her first-born baby. After her husband overhears her reliving the story in a nightmare, he dams up the stream to force the sprites to release Inga from her oath.
* Fairy Tale Parade #6: Bright and Glum are sprites in charge of day and night. Glum gets depressed and decides not to work anymore.

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(folklore) Wikipedia]
*[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/search/?header=1&q=sprite ComicVine]
*[https://www.giantbomb.com/search/?header=1&q=sprites GiantBomb]
*[https://comicbookplus.com/search/?q=sprite#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=sprite&gsc.page=1 Comic Book Plus]
*[https://www.comics.org/story_by_character/Sprite/sort/chrono/ GCD]
*[https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Sprite Myth and Folklore Wiki]
*[https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Sprite Monster Wiki]
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