Moreover, Hylas's abduction by an impassioned
water nymph and disappearance into the water are consonant with Greek ideas that connect women with water, lack of control, and vulnerability to emotions.
Copenhagen's Little Mermaid and n Coventry's
water nymph are strikingly similar but treated very differently by the respective cities
Rusalka, a
water nymph, falls in love with a human prince.
When the residents learn the stranger is a
water nymph on a mission to save mankind, they rally round to help her return to her own world - but strange creatures are set to spoil their plans.
It is named after Arethusa, the
water nymph in Greek mythology.
It is also known as Ondine's curse, named after an ancient myth where a
water nymph puts a spell on her cheating husband to stay awake forever.
The story line of Platee, about a homely
water nymph in love with god Jupiter, who plays along while mocking her, is cruel by modern sensibilities, but as Anna Russell used to say, you can do anything in opera as long as you sing it!
Ships leaving Newcastle included the Agnes, sailing to Crondstadt and St Petersburg, the
Water Nymph bound for Valparaiso, the Stork for the Cape of Good Hope and the Elizabeth Jane for Calcutta, while there were monthly emigration services to "Buenos Ayres" and Montevideo.
He finds out that the mysterious woman - named Story (Howard) - is actually a
water nymph who is being threatened by a monstrous animal called a Scrunt which hides in the garden.
Mythological figure of European tradition, a
water nymph who becomes human when she falls in love with a man but is doomed to die if he is unfaithful to her.
A naiad, or
water nymph (Mary Ann Raub) takes a fancy to a fisherman (Peter Lisanti) and decides to sample land-bound life.
In her hands Le gibet is terrifyingly bleak yet mesmeric; the
water nymph Ondine coolly seductive and the demonic Scarbo almost reeks of brimstone.