Undine
goddess Laks.mi originated from whirling water (churning of sea); in Japan, the whirlpool Uwa no Naruto led to a dragon’s palace
other water-spirits
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water-spirits |
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Choroti (of Gran Chaco) |
black water-dwarf |
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Japan |
Kappa |
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Inuit |
Atalit |
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Estonian |
Nakk {cf. NICKer} |
undines "shimmering and shining with all the colors"; "tiny winged beings ..., they had gossamer wings and shining clothing." http://www.controverscial.com/Elements%20and%20Elementals.htm#Undines:
in the Rhine river, the undine Lorelei as "the spirit of the whirlpool" (Lewis Spence : Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine, cap. 2 http://www.abacci.com/annotated/ebook.aspx?bookID=1602&pagenumber=9 ; http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lr/lr06.htm p. 60)
the female of this species is "nixie", the male "nix" / "Old Nick" / "Nicker" (http://www.abacci.com/annotated/ebook.aspx?bookID=1602&pagenumber=10 ; http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lr/lr06.htm p. 65)
the name of Lorelei is also given as "Lurlei"; her whirlpool is "Gewirre"
Cornwall pixies, including a "female piskey, Joan the Wad, who is regarded as their Queen." http://lunagoddess.awardspace.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=122&Itemid=182
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Breton |
Cymry |
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Gradlon (Gralon) of YS |
YS-paddaden (= Balor, acc. Minor Traditions of British Mythology, p. 83) |
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Malgven mother of Dahut |
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Mor-varch (‘sea-horse’), steed ridden by Gradlon & by Malven |
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Dahut (Ahes) daughter of Gradlon [-- Dahut became the animal "dahu"] |
Ol-wen daughter of Ys-paddaden |
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‘Red Knight’ |
Culhwch |
Guyot, Charles. The Legend of the City of Ys, Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1979.
Melusine is an undine in Huguenot literature (Kari Lokke : "The Romantic Fairy Tale", p. 152. In :- Michael Ferber (ed.) : A Companion to European Romanticism. Blackwell Publ, Oxford, 2005. pp. 138-156. http://books.google.com/books?id=3cTxbVewdGoC&pg=PA152&lpg=PA152&dq= ).
Melusine is soulless (Gillian M. E. Alban : Melusine the Serpent Goddess in A. S. Byatt's Possession and in Mythology. Lexington Bks, Lanham (MD), 2003. p. 55).
She is accounted to be Luciferian ("The Luciferian Legacy" http://www.thevesselofgod.com/theluciferianlegacy.html ).
sleep apnea as curse by Ondine (the undine) upon Lawrence (Stanley Coren : Sleep Thieves. Simon & Schuster, 1997. p. 141-142) http://books.google.com/books?id=w7rXFF8NJsIC&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=Lawrence+Ondine&source=bl&ots=OW5lzf1XW8&sig=9cENZ6Y9C-6GtnW7zx5-46Ri928&hl=en&ei=p3o7SqC4MImMtgfo74AK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3
sleep apnea as curse by Ondine (the undine) upon Palemon on account of Berta http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/goddess-Ondine.htm
Palemon = Palaimon ‘wrestler’ (god-transformation of Melikertes); (mother of Melikertes was Ino, who became) goddess Leuko-thea
"Undines were most often employed for sexual purposes. They make excellent lovers, and when treated with kindness and respect, will remain faithful to the magician for years. ... They have the ability to provoke intense physical arousal in a man or woman at will, and to sustain it for as long as they wish. It is possible for a man to remain erect for five or six hours, even longer, when stimulated by an Undine, with no loss of intensity." http://www.donaldtyson.com/element.html
WIKIPEDIA : Gradlon, Dahut, Ys