Zangi
Talysh · numen · Talysh traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
The Zangi is a water spirit of Talysh belief, said to dwell in the rivers and lakes of the mountain country. She takes the form of a beautiful woman who appears at the water's edge and lures unsuspecting men into the depths, where they are drowned. As a seductive and lethal genius of fresh water she belongs to a widespread Iranian and Caucasian type of water-being, and her tale functioned as a warning against the real hazards of the region's swift streams and standing pools.
Domains
- water rivers lakes
Powers
- lure men to drowning
Sources
- The Zangi is a Talysh water spirit inhabiting rivers and lakes, imagined as a beautiful woman who lures unsuspecting men into the water to drown.: Wikipedia contributors, 'Talysh mythology,' Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (secondary); Boris V. Miller, Talyshskie teksty [Talysh Texts] (Moscow: Association of Orientalists of the USSR, 1930), folk narratives of water beings (primary)