"My husband was dragged into a pond by an evil water spirit! Please help!" "Have you tried combing your hair by the pond?"

@madbradfreeman

9 ай бұрын

I guess that's the folkloric equivalent of, "Have you tried turning him off and then back on again?"

Nixies: Expert Marriage Counselors. Except the opposite.

@noobistromie5336

9 ай бұрын

you can't fool me . . . jellal

@randomguypostanimeupdates6703

3 ай бұрын

Okay2 okay2 you got me I agreed with it a

I remember once when I was babysitting my nephew and niece years ago, and we were throwing stones off a river bridge. My niece suddenly gasped when she hurled a stone, and we all watched as her bracelet went sailing right into the water. Furious, she screamed out 'I hope you stupid Nixies like it!" and I laughed so hard. Clearly my mythology lessons had paid off. haha

@Jumpoable

9 ай бұрын

At leat they didn't take your niece....

We have almost identical creatures in slavic folklore. In Poland, they are called "rusałka" (female water nymph) or "wodnik" (kind of water spirit). Rusałkas were portrayed as attractive young females luring men with their beauty or singing and then killing them. I think that wodnik was sometime a synonym of topielec or utopiec - those are one of the most common monsters in the Witcher games :)

@Googledeservestodie

9 ай бұрын

I've heard of those, isn't there a big difference in that rusalka are more like vengeful ghosts? Women who were abused in life who punishment men afterdeath?

@robertgronewold3326

9 ай бұрын

They'll be the same exact creature, really, it's all just a matter of the local legends taking a much older tale and altering it just a bit as it's told.

@teogonzalez7957

9 ай бұрын

The decemberists made a great song about them called Russalka.

@sapphirII

9 ай бұрын

There's a game called Black Book that features slavic folklore and one chapter features heavily a rusalka and a vodyanoy. I quite enjoyed the game.

@thomaspotter7868

9 ай бұрын

Charles De Lint did a great short story featuring them. Can’t remember the name of the story but it’s in the collection “The Ivory and the Horn” one of my favourites in that collection which is saying something as De Lint is fantastic in general

Growing up Swedish, I've interpreted the Nixie (Called Näcken here) as a sorta story about Stranger Danger. Näcken is mostly known as a naked man who plays a violin to lure specifically children to their deaths. It is most likely not the intention of the stories, but it's interesting thinking about it.

@pbsstoried

9 ай бұрын

Great take!

@sandradermark8463

9 ай бұрын

I know the Näcken. Half-Swedish (half-Spanish) here. Turns into a Bard with a string instrument to attract music lovers, and into a horse to attract pony lovers. I also own two editions (Benjamin Lacombe's and the original) of Fouqué's Undine. I also know a Hungarian version of the nixie tale where the wise woman gives the young wife a tambourine, a flute, and a harp or lyre. And the nixie turns both lovers into frogs. Otherwise the story is quite similar.

@kenster8270

9 ай бұрын

= Nøkken in Danish and Norwegian, which sounds less like the words for "naked" than the equivalent does in Swedish 😏

@LindaC616

9 ай бұрын

Guiejes in the Dominican Republic lure children to the river. But they're definitely not beautiful

@Call-me-Al

9 ай бұрын

​@@kenster8270 näcken is naked, so it makes sense. It's like calling a flasher a flasher.

Yeah!!! A new monstrum video!!!! Nothing like a new monstrum video to make a Wednesday better!! Thanks Dr. Z. and everyone else who worked on this. What an interesting creature the nixie is. It just amazes me what kind of creatures people thought up of to explain natural phenomena or scare people to keep them safe. I can’t help but wonder what adaptations the nixie would have had if it truly existed. I can imagine it would be best friends with the water horse.

I grew up with Holly Black's portrayal of Nixies in the Spiderwick Chronicles. In that one the power dynamic is flipped and the Nixies are threatened by suburban sprawl encroaching on their habitat, with a Nixie becoming stranded on dry land and a human rescuing her.

We named our German shepherd nixie and I'm so excited that her name sake is being talked about

oh, dr. z, i could not resist your siren call

So the kelpie which is a horse monster sounds like a game-of-telephone version of the nixie. Since they are also water humanoids, they seem to be like the fomorians/fomors in some Celtic lore.

@robertgronewold3326

9 ай бұрын

Well, they were all once part of the greater Celtic people and certain legends clearly carried over to one degree or another.

Speaking of the Undine with the alchemist Paracelsus where in one of his books title “A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, & on the Other Spirits” where he talks about 4 elemental beings that being Salamanders = fire 🔥 , Gnomes = earth 🪨, Sylphs = air 💨, & the Undines = water 💦

It's a guaranteed good time when a new Monstrum episode drops. :)

The Nixie of the Mill-Pond is my favorite Brothers Grimm story! Love to learn more about a super underrated fairy tale villain!

@sandradermark8463

9 ай бұрын

I know the Näcken. Half-Swedish (half-Spanish) here. Turns into a Bard with a string instrument to attract music lovers, and into a horse to attract pony lovers. I also own two editions (Benjamin Lacombe's and the original) of Fouqué's Undine. I also know a Hungarian version of the nixie tale where the wise woman gives the young wife a tambourine, a flute, and a harp or lyre. And the nixie turns both lovers into frogs. Otherwise the story is quite similar.

2:36 King Triton meets the Aquatic creature in ‘The Shape of Water’.

Could you next talk about the Selkie. That's is another aquatic mythological creature with similar themes.

@maximesaindon3552

8 ай бұрын

I LOVE Selkies! I saw an old Irish film about where it's implied the girl became a selkie after she died by drowning in the sea but was then revived by CPR. I can't remember the name but it was an insanely good film. Also sad.

Wow that's quite a hair transformation! The new do looks amazing Dr Z! Really good episode too, I didn't know that much about Nixies.

There's a Swedish and Norwegian variant of the nixie, called a fossegrim, and depending on the story, these creatures are male and lure women and children to death by playing the fiddle. Other times, they teach humans how to be an expert musician in exchange for gifts. Regular nixes themselves also appear in Norway and Sweden too besides the fossegrim. I think these creatures are found even in Finland and among the Sami people

I just really feel like an episode about the bad reputation of bats and their impact on pop culture deserves to come. I have a feeling loads of people are desperately waiting to have an episode about dinosaurs as monsters in movies and pop culture and the impact from Jurassic Park. After Godzilla, we just have to see an episode about the background of king kong and his impact on the reputation of gorillas.

Very interesting video! Nixies are fascinating, partly because they vary so much from story to story. I got a little distracted by Dr. Z's new hair - nice!

@LuisSierra42

9 ай бұрын

The new hairstyle is nixie inspired

There's a modern horror take of this one in the Philippines back in the '90s specifically the Undine. In that film, the "Undin" got her eggs stolen, drown people and melts them in her saliva.

Speaking of Femme fatales, you should do a video on the Huldra or Skogsra as she's called in Sweden. She is truly an underrated but fascinating creature that's just starting to be included into more pop culture.

I love these videos on monsters I'm not familiar with. I'm so curious if we could ever get a video on the phenomenon of monster marriages in folklore. It seems like most cultures seem to have at least one of these, usually with the man marrying a female monster, but I wonder how often the reverse has been found in stories.

@Passions5555

9 ай бұрын

Beauty and the beast?

Hello Dr Zarka. I would like to suggest a topic. I think the story of The Goose Girl and her magical horse would fit right in with the theme of your show. It has a supernatural disembodied talking horse head, and it is spooky and strangely moving at the same time.

Very cool, Dr Z. So I ask myself, "Self, why couldn't the nixie be both powerful and have souls?"

@Lord_RFAS

9 ай бұрын

In the Olden Days, only humans - nay: only God Fearing Christians! - had souls, I would imagine.

Anyone else see the resemblance between Nixies and Kelpies?

@robertgronewold3326

9 ай бұрын

Germany used to be part of the Celtic world as well, so no surprise there are similarities in legends.

omg I love her new hair!

Monstrum should have its own channel

I would like all these chapters to be in the future seasons of Monstrum. *Sea Serpents *Leviathan *The Headless Horseman ✅ *Phantom Vehicles *Boogeyman *Ghosts *Possessed Dolls *Shadow People *Undead *Goblins *Bigfoot *Man-Eating Plants ✅ *Creepy Clowns *Killer Robots *Swamp Monsters *The Mummy ✅️ *Scarecrows *The Invisible Man *Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde *Merfolk *Demons *Skeletons *Stingy Jack (Jack of The Lantern) *Gnomes *Sea Monsters that attacked Submarines *Alien Abductions ✅ *Ogres *Ghouls *Lich *Cyborgs ✅ *Witches *Kaiju *Cthulhu ✅ *The Rake *Revenants *Vampires *Dagon *Ogopogo *Colossal Claude *Spectral Carriages *Kappa *Flatwoods Monster *The Flying Dutchman *El Charro Negro *La Santa Compaña *Davy Jones & the Undead Pirates *Mutants *Beast People of Dr. Moreau *The Picture of Dorian Gray *Haunted Houses *Jiangshi *Ahuizotl

@wildmen5025

9 ай бұрын

Technically Kaiju were covered with the episode on Godzilla and Mothra

@LindaC616

9 ай бұрын

They've done several of those. Also, Dorian Gray and Dr Moreau were figures created by one author, not mythical monsters or creatures originating from a society's folklore

@amarketing8749

9 ай бұрын

1 or 2 requests seem engaging. A long list like this seems more like a demand and is more likely to be ignored. Maybe narrow it down a bit.

@LindaC616

9 ай бұрын

@@amarketing8749 or they could also try going back through the playlist and seeing what has already been made. But you know how kids are today...

Absolutely love how often you guys have beem churning these out

I've just heard of the African tales of Maam Kumba Bang, which is as I've understood a mix between a nixie and a water goddess. Could you make a video of her sometimes?

Nixies seem similar to Ryuō of the Urashima fairytale from Japan. "I invite you in my submerged palace for having saved by daughter, but at the cost of when you return on land 100 years will have past!" These beings have the standard boon and curse placed upon their human guests.

I had a fundamentalist try to tell me that the devil is trying to seduce us all with all the mermaids around today....are you saying she was right??? lol Great video, Dr. Z, and I love the new hairstyle!

@Passions5555

9 ай бұрын

What? 🧐

@pendragon2012

9 ай бұрын

@@Passions5555 Weird, right? I had never heard anyone connect mermaids to the devil before.

5:28 Not children being used as bargaining chips.

Lovin' the hair Dr Z!

I'd love to hear you cover selkies! Both the Scottish and nordic/Icelandic variants!

I'm pretty sure one of those horses isn't a nixie transformed to carry their lover underwater, but bäckahästen, a horse that lures children onto it's back to drown them

I love the hair in this episode.

Nixie Marina, great drag name

Now I am going down an etymology rabbit hole because the water creatures in Valheim (the videogame) are called "necks" and I want to know how far back this vague collection of sounds goes back and still has to do with water.

When I write my horror stories. I usually write them from the monsters perspective. Because sometimes they can't fight their nature. But can adapt to new circumstances.

@Passions5555

9 ай бұрын

That's an excellent approach to writing monsters.

@goldytheglonk1929

7 ай бұрын

Sounds very cool

Ngl there’s a great satire on Reality TV with Nixie’s waiting to happen.

In Czech they're called Vodnick. Thank you for this one

I love your new hair do, Dr.Z!

Lovely! Does this mean that technically the Lorelei could be classified as a nixie, then? Singing, water spirit, kinda bad news... ticks off a lot of boxes! Wonderful episode - and I love the new hair style, it's gorgeous!!

@robertgronewold3326

9 ай бұрын

Yep, Lorelei is a variation of the nixie legend. One reason why sometimes stories will call a nixie Lorelei if they want to give her a name.

So glad whenever I see a new one of these

Dear Storied, is it possible for you to tackle the phenomena of the different/varying stories of mermaids across different cultures/ethnicities/nations?

Thank you Doc for making this video!😻

Props for the thematic hairdo! And nice Video as well :)

Love it! Always fun to explore these old legends, especially after some have had a bit of modern exposure with shows like Buffy/Angel, Grimm, Supernatural...and I'm sure others.

i really love the narrator!!! im glad I continued watching storied videos!

Great video! Amazing hair! Dr. Z looks amazing😍

I just love these videos! Thank you!

To me, a Swede, a female Nix seems a bit weird. Like female Santa Clause. Nix ("Näcken") have here always been portrayed as a violin playing young male, with no exceptions that comes to mind. Incidentally - The Swedish music competition "Nix of the Year" (or "Näcken i bäcken") was decided the other day. Where a musician play their instrument naked in a river.

Thanks for the video Dr.Z and Storied team, I always have liked water nymphs/fairies

Thank you for the video. Monstrum is always fascinating. ✌️

Thank you for the video

The horse form you briefly mention is very different from how it's described in Swedish tradition. The bäckahäst (lit. "brook horse") entices its victims to climb onto its back, but once you're up there, it's impossible to get off. Disturbingly, it can fit any number of children on its back, because it just keeps getting longer!

@greensteve9307

9 ай бұрын

INFINITE HORSE!

@Passions5555

9 ай бұрын

So, like the Kelpi in Celtic folklore? Horrific creature.

Wish you had said more of our näck/näcken in Sweden, besides being able to shapshift into a horse frolicking and enticing children to climb his back growing to caring up to 10 of them with no problem and then run into a body of water drowning them all glued too his back. He has also been strongly connected too midsummermagic, with a bloodsacrifice Näcken will teach you too play the violin as good as him but you will have The devilspolka stuck in your head forever and eventually succumb to play it. Everything and everyone will end up dancing to the tune, unless someone cute your strings with iron, they and you will dance/play too there death. Näcken has been used to warn children against water especially the flourmills streams and strangers but he can also be read as a warning for female desire like with Pan and Satyres

Hey Doctor Z I know you did a cover on our king and queen Godzilla and mothra.. so is it possible that you can do another monster duo? Like Rodan And The Golden Dragon King Ghidorah?

Thanks for posting this on my birthday!

well done, its about time the Nixie get some spot lite.

Always excited to see a new video.

Fantastic video! Will Monstrum ever do a video on selkies in the future?

Oh dear trying to distinguish between water spirita is vexxing.Good luck to y'all. Also...any body of water? Do nixies live in my pipes? Is thst why they make such scary noises?

Great stuff!

love what you did to your hair! so cute!!!

I'm sure the 2008 movie "Ondine" is drawn from this folklore. It's hinted at her being a nix or sprite, but the director doesn't really try to prove it. It's left up to the viewer. Colin Ferrel plays the man who draws Ondine out of the sea. Lovely movie.

2:57 I hope she bought an N-Word Pass on EBay while she was doing her etymological research for this video 🤣🤣🤣

I love her hair!!!!

I couldn't see the horse and hear the phrase "crystal palace" without thinking of TMBG singing to Strong Bad about coming down from his crystal fortress.

Another amazing video from the lovely Dr. Z and the Story team. Awesome job everyone. I’ve learned so much, and I am putting what I learn into the stories I write. I have came up with my own, mermmaid, like creature, but I won’t say what it is, since I don’t have a copyright yet. 🤫 lol

Thanks for the cool video!

in some modern fantasy games and shows i have heard the name Undine used to refer to a type or race of water fairy or sprite. i had no idea it was original the name of one specific water fey lady who marries a human man. awesome video and very informative i love it. thanks for all your hard work.

I love that ladie's tubes, too. Hard to find, though.

_A Bit Late_ has a beautiful reading of "The Nixie".

Here’s an idea: the boogie man. There are 1000s of versions of the boogie man, but little if anything on an origin story.

Nixie has been my nick name my dad gave me since I was little. So this was very interesting! - Love your hair btw :)

So if someone spots a Nessie like monster in a lake, it could be a shape shifting Nixie? Interesting.

So many water monsters, and they're all so cool!

old gregg finally gets his time in the spotlight

Excellent! I'd glad to see a video discussing Sihuanaba. Her bizarre nature - a horse-head female spirit punishing womanizers - hints to very interesting roots.

Nice hair Dr. Z!👌

I'M OLD GREGG!

@crow-jane

9 ай бұрын

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one thinking this.

Great episode. I had heard of Melusine before which I believe is connected to Nixie.

I've got to say, loved the animation of the nixies' ear twitching. It sort of makes them cute? Like a poisonous animal I'm staying away from as I coo at them.

I would love to see the channel make a video on kelpies/Scottish water horses.

Another great episode! Who's the new host? ;-)

Love this show!

1:36 That was spooky.

Dr. Z hair looking extraordinary

Thanks!🧜

Emily, your hair looks really nice

There was a Polish film called The Lure, which it self is horror musical retelling to Andersen's Little Mermaid.

Not to be mistaken for Old Greg, at least, not a second time.

on the Netflix Series Love, Death and Robots has a neat episode that kinda reminds me of this creature. The Episode is called Jibaro.

awesome channel

Not gonna lie, the imagery of Old Nix reminds me very much of Old Gregg

Hey Dr Emily Zarka ~ tfsharing 💙🕊 Enjoy all your content. New look very nice👍🏻

Love that hair, it's giving fairy queen

Interestingly, the US Navy towed anti-sound guided torpedo decoy was called Nixie.