"The Water Nixie.” More tales from Grimm, Brothers Grimm, Wanda Gág, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006, pp. 23-25.

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"The Water Nixie.” More tales from Grimm, Brothers Grimm, Wanda Gág, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006, pp. 23-25. Anonymous (not verified) Sun, 03/24/2024 - 16:46

Wanda Gág Brothers Grimm

Tale Summary

Once upon a time, a brother and sister fell down a well, where they met a Water Nixie who lived at the bottom. She put the two to work for her, and the work was very hard and the food was terrible. The brother was made to cut down a tree with a blunt ax, and the sister was forced to carry water in a bottomless bucket. One day when the Nixie had gone to church, the children ran away. When she realized what had happened she hurried after them, but the sister took a hairbrush and tossed it behind her and it turned into a brush-hill covered in bristles. Still the Nixe kept coming, and so the brother tossed a comb behind him until it became a mountain of combs. This did not stop the Nixie either, and so the sister tossed a looking-glass behind her, which grew into a slippery hill of mirrors. The water Nixie returned home to grab an ax to break the mirrors with, but by the time she returned, the children had escaped her.

Fairy Tale Title

The Water Nixie

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm, Wanda Gág

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Wanda Gág

Common Tale Type

The Magic Flight

Tale Classification

ATU 313

Page Range of Tale

pp. 23-25

Full Citation of Tale

"The Water Nixie.” More tales from Grimm, Brothers Grimm, Wanda Gág, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006, pp. 23-25.

Original Source of the Tale

The Brothers Grimm

Tale Notes

Research and Curation

Kaeli Waggener, 2024

Book Title

More tales from Grimm

Book Author/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm, Wanda Gág

Illustrator(s)

Wanda Gág

Publisher

University of Minnesota Press

Date Published

2006

Decade Published

2000-2006

Publisher City

Minneapolis

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

Written and illustrated by celebrated children's author/illustrator Wanda Gág and originally published in 1947.

Traditional

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