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'The Water Nixie' or 'The Water-Nix' is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 79.[1] It came from Hanau.[2]
It is Aarne-Thompson type 313A, the girl helps the hero flee,[3] and revolves about a transformation chase. Others of this type include
''The Master Maid'', ''Jean, the Soldier, and Eulalie, the Devil's Daughter'', ''The Two Kings' Children'', ''Nix Nought Nothing'', and ''Foundling-Bird''. The Grimms noted ''Sweetheart Roland'' as an analogue.
A brother and sister fell into a well, where a nixie caught them and made them work for her. One Sunday while she was at church, they ran away. The nixie chased them. The girl threw a brush, which became a mountain with thousands of spikes, which the nixie got through with great effort. The boy threw a comb behind them, which became a mountains with thousands of teeth, which the nixie got through with great effort. The girl threw a mirror behind them, which became a mountain too slick for the nixie to climb. She went back to get an ax, but before she could chop through the mountain, they escaped.
★ Farmer Weathersky
1. ''The Water Nixie''
2. Jacob and Wilheim Grimm, ''Household Tales'', "The Water-Nix" Notes.
3. D.L. Ashliman, "The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales)"
★ SurLaLune Fairy Tale site ''The Water-Nix''
It is Aarne-Thompson type 313A, the girl helps the hero flee,[3] and revolves about a transformation chase. Others of this type include
''The Master Maid'', ''Jean, the Soldier, and Eulalie, the Devil's Daughter'', ''The Two Kings' Children'', ''Nix Nought Nothing'', and ''Foundling-Bird''. The Grimms noted ''Sweetheart Roland'' as an analogue.
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Synopsis
A brother and sister fell into a well, where a nixie caught them and made them work for her. One Sunday while she was at church, they ran away. The nixie chased them. The girl threw a brush, which became a mountain with thousands of spikes, which the nixie got through with great effort. The boy threw a comb behind them, which became a mountains with thousands of teeth, which the nixie got through with great effort. The girl threw a mirror behind them, which became a mountain too slick for the nixie to climb. She went back to get an ax, but before she could chop through the mountain, they escaped.
See also
★ Farmer Weathersky
References
1. ''The Water Nixie''
2. Jacob and Wilheim Grimm, ''Household Tales'', "The Water-Nix" Notes.
3. D.L. Ashliman, "The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales)"
External links
★ SurLaLune Fairy Tale site ''The Water-Nix''
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