nixie

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I think of the river and how, when one nixie detached from the others, Cardan waited until it paused and then left so we could get out of the water.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Her face was flushed and her nixie eyes were dancing to the mischief she contemplated.

From An Orkney Maid by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

They dwell with Odin and the nixie in the lake.

From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix

The kitchen fire was this salamander's second element, for the first and native element of this dear nixie was water.

From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul

Thus the mysterious nixie swam up and down the lake ten or twelve times, in the profoundest silence.

From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul