water-spirit

‘It was the water-spirit calling you, Pavel,’ said

A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

But all kinds of things happen; he will stoop over, perhaps, to draw the water, and the water-spirit will clutch him by the hand, and drag him to him.

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How much money did he have when the water-spirit first appeared to him?

Harper's Young People, November 11, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Various

"Why do you want her to see a water-spirit?" asked Davison, ironically.

The Invader A Novel

Answers sent by R. Dunlop Foster, Chicago, to mathematical puzzles are correct, with the exception of No. 2, which is not carried back to the original amount possessed by the poor old man when the water-spirit made his first offer.

Harper's Young People, December 9, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Various

"Please go on looking, Mrs. Stewart, and perhaps you'll see a water-spirit."

The Invader A Novel

The poor old man was delighted at what he thought a generous offer of the water-spirit, and faithfully fulfilled all the conditions; but, to his sorrow and astonishment, when he had three times thrown the tribute of twenty-four cents to the water-spirit, he found himself penniless.

Harper's Young People, November 11, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Various

-- The old man had 21 cents when the water-spirit first appeared to him.

Harper's Young People, December 9, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Various

They cast men into the river to appease the water-spirit.

Tales of the Wilderness Boris Pilniak 1915

The height from which the bewitching water-spirit sent her song floating over the waves of the Rhine is situated near St. Goar, and possesses a remarkable echo which may partly account for the legend.

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914