The Nixie of the Mill-Pond
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"The Nixie of the Mill-Pond" is a German fairy tale that tells the story of a man captured by a nix and his wife's efforts to save him. The Brothers Grimm collected the tale in their Grimm's Fairy Tal
An illustration of the Nixie waiting in the mill pond by Otto Ubbelohde
The Langs' Fairy Books
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The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and Leonora Blanche Lang, a married couple. The best kno
The Nixie of the Mill-Pond
…tale number 181. A note in the volume indicated that it was current in Upper Lusatia when the story was collected. Andrew Lang included a version in The Yellow Fairy Book, citing his source Hermann Kletke and titling it The Nixy. It is classified as Aarne-Thompson Type 316, "The Nix of the Mill-Pond". This fairy tale…
Rumpelstiltskin from The Blue Fairy Book, illustrated by Henry J. Ford.
"The Crown Returns to the Queen of the Fishes". Illustration by H. J. Ford for Andrew Lang's The Orange Fairy Book
Folio Society editions of the Coloured Fairy Books
First edition, 1894