{Nix}[15th October 1990]

[Redbook8:38][19901015:2246]{Nix}[15th October 1990]

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‘nix, also called NIXIE or NIXY, in Germanic mythology, a water being,* half human, half fish,** that lives in a beautiful underwater palace and mingles with humans by assuming a variety of physical forms (e.g., that of a fair maiden *** or an old woman) or by making itself invisible. One of three attributes may betray the disguise of nixes: they are music lovers**** and excellent dancers# and they have the gift of prophecy.#* Though usually malevolent, a nix can easily be propitiated with gifts. In some regions, nixes are said to abduct human children#** and to lure people into deep water to drown.#*** According to some sources, nixes can marry human beings #****and bear human children.’##

– E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] 8:731

(my [underlining] emphasis)

##*

[‘a’~ on right is clearly a mistake for m~]

(I came across this quite by accident, while looking up Nixon (Richard). There’s nothing under Sylph, and only a lizard under Salamander; but: )##**

*r~ (Aquarius)

**g~

***r~, g~/G~?

****C,r~

#r~,a~

#*r~,g~,j~

[But see earlier [] re Circles Analysis & Synthesis degree of prophets]

#**R~

#***R~

#****r~

##(ff?)

[Unclear to what this marginal note refers]

##*cf ([2])/[1] xS: Dancer

[Not now in [1] as revised, but untypically in as-yet-unrevised [2], in which particular instance the R~-A~ connection is relevant:]

(?Dance connection R~ & A~)

##**[See next entry]

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