Eme, Spirit of Lost n’ Found

Associated with: Summer, Sea shores/Beaches, Innocent, Kids, Reunion

• Common info:
  • A sea spirit who find things lost at sea
  • Often depicted at a sea shores during the daytime,sometimes underwater playing with bubbles or a coconut
  • Eme has been depicted differently throughout history
    • Size range from as small as a palm of a hand to as big as a toddler
    • Colors range from blues, yellows, oranges
    • The item at the end of their tail is usally depicted as a shiny ball/pearl, but it was also been depicted as flowers and shells
  • Assumed only kids can see Eme (folklore enthusiasts would know this isn't true and that there are stories with adults being able to see/interact with eme)
  
  
• Modern/Fan interpretation:
  • Popular amongst young kids
  • Adults are often discouraged from liking Eme because it makes them seem childish
  • There’s a nursery rhyme kids would sing by the beach in hopes to attract/summon Eme
  • It’s been said that you can ask them to retrieve a lost item by whispering to an light object about your lost item and sending it to the ocean. The lost object can be found on the shores the next day.
  • (Feel free to add headconon)