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In #Tolkien's LotR Legolas sings the ballad of the Elven-maid Nimrodel,who lived near the eponymous river and falls close to Lothlórien.She disappeared and her mourning lover Amroth cast himself into the sea. Her voice is still echoed in Nimrodel's water music. #FairyTaleTuesday
Undine is a water spirit from the eponymous novella by F. de la Motte Fouqué. When her human husband sends her away for another woman, she returns to her natural element but kills the knight with a tear-laden kiss. Illustration: Arthur Rackham - Undine"(1909) #FairyTaleTuesday