| The Water Nixie | |
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| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Water Nixie |
| Also known as | The Water Nix |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 313A |
| Country | Germany |
| Published in | Grimms' Fairy Tales |
"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 and revolves about a transformation chase. [3] 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. [2]
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 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 axe, but before she could chop through the mountain, they escaped.
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