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Undine

Undine (from Latin unda "wave") may refer to several things.

• According to a theory advanced by Paracelsus, an Undine is a water nymph or water spirit, the elemental of water. They are usually found in forest pools and waterfalls. They have beautiful voices, which are sometimes heard over the sound of water. According to some legends, undines cannot get a soul unless they marry a human man. This aspect has led them to be a popular motif in romantic and tragic literature.
• Undine (1811) is a novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.
• Undine (1816) is an opera by E.T.A. Hoffmann based on la Motte Fouqué's story.

• Undine (1845) is an opera by Albert Lortzing, also based on la Motte Fouqué's tale.
• Undine leaves is a poem by Ingeborg Bachmann.
• Undine is an autobiographical book by Olive Schreiner published posthumously in 1928. [1]
• 92 Undina is an asteroid.
• Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Undine, one was an American Civil War river gunboat.
• Undine is one of the eight elemental spirits in the Secret of Mana/Seiken Densetsu video game series or one of the four elemental spirits in the Arcana video game. Undine also appears in Namco's Tales of Symphonia game.
• One of the wing-spirits of Dizzy, a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series.

See also

• Ondine (mythology)
• Ondine by Jean Giraudoux

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