The Water Nixie
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The Water Nixie or The Water-Nix is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 79.
It is Aarne-Thompson type 313A, the girl helps the hero flee, and revolves about a transformation chase. Others of this type include The Master Maid, The Two Kings' Children, Nix Nought Nothing, and Foundling-Bird.
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A brother and sister fell into a well, where a nixie caught them and made them work for her. One Sunday while she was at church, they ran away. The nixie chased them. The girl threw behind a brush, which became a mountain with thousands of spikes, which the nixie got through with great effort. The boy threw a comb behind them, which became a mountains with thousands of teeth, which the nixie got through with great effort. The girl threw a mirror behind them, which became a mountain too slick for the nixie to climb. She went back to get an ax, but before she could chop through the mountain, they escaped.
