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An elemental is a mythic supernatural being that is described in occult and alchemical works from around the time of the European Renaissance, and particularly elaborated in the 16th century works of
Undine Rising From the Waters, by Chauncey Bradley Ives
Rococo set of personification figurines of the Four Elements, 1760s, Chelsea porcelain
Undine
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Undines are a category of elemental beings associated with water, stemming from the alchemical writings of Paracelsus. Later writers developed the undine into a water nymph in its own right, and it co
Elemental
…the 16th century works of Paracelsus. According to Paracelsus and his subsequent followers, there are four categories of elementals, which are gnomes, undines, sylphs, and salamanders. These correspond to the four Empedoclean elements of antiquity: earth, water, air, and fire, respectively. Terms employed for…
Baden Undine Kurpark
Undine A novella
Les Ondines by Antoine Calbet, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Cambrai
Undine Rising from the Waters by Chauncey Bradley Ives at Yale's Art Gallery