Undine (novella)
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Undine is a fairytale novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldbrand in order to gain a soul. Published in 1811, it is an early German romanc
Cover of Undine, Told to the Children by Mary Macgregor, illustrated by Katharine Cameron (London: T. C. & E. C. Jack)
Ondine de Spa in Pouhon Pierre-le-Grand, Spa, Belgium
Undine by John William Waterhouse, 1872
Ondine (play)
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Ondine is a play written in 1938 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, based on the 1811 novella Undine by the German Romantic Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué that tells the story of Hans and Ondine. Hans
Undine (novella)
…hypoventilation syndrome, when first identified in 1962, was nicknamed "Ondine's curse". This was based on a scene in Jean Giraudoux's 1938 play adaptation, Ondine, in which the dying love interest describes his difficulty breathing. Medical literature frequently misunderstood the play and thus confused the symptoms…
Jan Żardecki and Joanna Jedlewska in Ondine, Warsaw, 1965