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The Water Nixie
"The Water Nixie" or "The Water-Nix" is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 79. It came from Hanau.Jacob and Wilheim Grimm, ''Household Tales''"The Water-Nix" Notes It is Aarne-Thompson type 313A, the girl helps the hero flee and revolves about a transformation chase.D.L. Ashliman,The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales) 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. 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 mountains with thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimms' Fairy Tales
''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', originally known as the ''Children's and Household Tales'' (german: Kinder- und Hausmärchen, lead=yes, ), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Grimm brothers or "Brothers Grimm", Jacob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812. This first edition contained 86 stories, and by the seventh edition in 1857, it had 210 unique fairy tales. It is listed by UNESCO in its Memory of the World Registry. Origin Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were two of 10 children from Dorothea (''née'' Zimmer) and Philipp Wilhelm Grimm. Philipp was a highly regarded district magistrate in Steinau an der Straße, about from Hanau. Jacob and Wilhelm were sent to school for a classical education once they were of age, while their father was working. They were very hard-working pupils throughout their education. They followed in their father's footsteps and started to pursue a degree in law, and German history. However, in 1796, their father died at the age of 44 from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
