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  • But that water-goblin who covers the space from Old Nick of jest to the

    Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

  • But that water-goblin who covers the space from Old Nick of jest to the

    Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

  • But that water-goblin who covers the space from Old Nick of jest to the Neckan and Nix of poetry and tale, is all one needs, and Nicor is a good name for him.

    Beowulf 2003

  • Hudibras fathered that myth, but now we know, Mr. Morley says, that the familiar appellation of the Evil One is a remnant of Norse mythology, deriving from Nyke, the water-goblin.

    The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10 1905

  • But that water-goblin who covers the space from Old Nick of jest to the Neckan and Nix of poetry and tale, is all one needs, and

    Beowulf Anonymous 1887

  • The Kappa is a water-goblin, haunting rivers especially.

    In Ghostly Japan Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • Passamaquoddy Indians with the alligator, or some kind of a horrible water-goblin, which appears to have many points in common with the

    Algonquin Legends of New England Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

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