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It was thus the fountains were dancing to the moon in Arabia; it was thus the Nixies shook their white limbs on the haunted banks of the Rhine; it was thus the fairy women flashed their alabaster feet on the fairy hills of Connemara; it was thus the Houris were dancing for Mahomet on the palace floors of Paradise.

Nymphs and spirits of water and air, they are called, in various languages, rusalki, nixies, wilis, and neraida.

The wacky sect believe Brecon Beacons peak Pen-y-Fan - the highest in South Wales - has been sacred since it was charged by a "cosmic being" dubbed "The Full Aspect of Nixies Zero Zero Two."

Much of the text is dedicated to the exploration of the Nixies' fairydust trade, as Henry enters the Nixies' midst in search of the fairies he suspects they have kidnapped.

(22) Nor does she consider that fairies (and related creatures such as nixies, sirens, mermaids, and sylphs) were part of the real human word and belief systems of humans.

In The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Goldberry pulls Bombadil into the water by his beard and then teases him, exhibiting her playfulness and wiles, traits often attributed to nymphs, particularly water nymphs or nixies. Noel traces Goldberry to the Undine, the Lorelei, and the Siren, citing her attempts to lure Bombadil down to her mother's house in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" (Noel 129).

She finds him dragged down into the depths by sea-creatures who are an amalgam of classical nereides and the malicious nixies and mermaids of northern folklore.