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Nixie (folklore)
Being in Germanic folkloreThe Nixie, Nixy, or Nix, also neck or nicker, are humanoid, and often shapeshifting, water spirits in Germanic mythology and folklore.
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AI Generated- 1180The German epic Nibelungenlied mentions the nix in connection with the Danube.
- 1779Johann Wolfgang von Goethe publishes the poem Der Fischer, which includes a tale of a fisherman lured into the water by a Nixe.
- 1835The name "knucker," likely derived from the Old English nicor, is attested in Horsfield's work.