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What is an Ondina in the short story "El ultimo fauno"?

What is an Ondina in the short story "El ultimo fauno"?

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I believe it might be a women who lives underwater...?

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updated ABR 21, 2010
posted by saucedo87
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Una ondina = a water nymph/sprite/elemental maybe even a mermaid. Try this entry in Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondine_(mythology)

updated ABR 21, 2010
posted by geofc
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updated ABR 21, 2010
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posted by 0074b507
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En la mitología germánico-escandinava, se llamaban ondinas a las ninfas acuáticas de espectacular belleza que habitaban en los lagos, ríos, estanques o fuentes. Tienen su correspondencia en a las Náyades de la mitología griega.

You are right, some kind of nymph.

updated ABR 21, 2010
posted by 00494d19
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