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Nixe (other)
Nixe may refer to: * Nixe (water spirit), in Germanic mythology * ''Nixe'' (mayfly), a genus of insects * SMS ''Nixe'', a German ship * Operation Nixe, a military operation during World War II See also * Nix (other) * Nyx (other) * Nixi (other) Nixi may refer to: * National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) * Nixi chicken, a breed of chicken from Yunnan, China * Di nixi, childbirth deities in ancient Rome *''Nixi'', one of the names for Neck (water spirit) See also * Nixie (disambigu ... * Nixie (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nixe (water Spirit)
The Nixie, Nixy, Nix, Näcken, Nicor, Nøkk, or Nøkken (german: Nixe; nl, nikker, ; da, nøkke; Norwegian nb, nøkk; nn, nykk; sv, näck; fo, nykur; fi, näkki; is, nykur; et, näkk; ang, nicor; eng, neck or ) are humanoid, and often shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology and folklore. Under a variety of names, they are common to the stories of all Germanic peoples,The article ''Näcken''tome 20, p. 317 in (1914) although they are perhaps best known from Scandinavian folklore. The related English '' knucker'' was generally depicted as a wyrm or dragon, although more recent versions depict the spirits in other forms. Their sex, bynames, and various transformations vary geographically. The German and his Scandinavian counterparts were male. The German was a female river mermaid. Similar creatures are known from other parts of Europe, such as the Melusine in France, the Xana in Asturias (Spain), and the Slavic water spirits (e.g. the Rusalka) in Sla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nixe (mayfly)
''Nixe'' is a genus of mayflies in the family Heptageniidae The Heptageniidae (synonym: Ecdyonuridae) are a family of mayflies with over 500 described species mainly distributed in the Holarctic, Oriental, and Afrotropical regions, and also present in the Central American Tropics and extreme northern Sou .... Species *'' Nixe dorothae'' *'' Nixe flowersi'' *'' Nixe horrida'' *'' Nixe inconspicua'' *'' Nixe kennedyi'' *'' Nixe lucidipennis'' *'' Nixe perfida'' *'' Nixe rusticalis'' *'' Nixe spinosa'' References * * Mayfly genera {{mayfly-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SMS Nixe
SMS ''Nixe'' was a steam corvette built for the German '' Kaiserliche Marine'' (Imperial Navy) in the 1880s. She was laid down in August 1883, launched in July 1885, and commissioned into the fleet in April 1886. Hopelessly out of date even by the time she was ordered in 1882 and possessing insufficient gun power or speed, she was nevertheless completed as designed. In addition to those shortcomings, she proved to be difficult to handle in service and was particularly affected by wind. ''Nixe'' served as a training ship for naval cadets and apprentice seamen for nearly fifteen years. During this period, she went on overseas training cruises, frequently to South America, the West Indies, or the Mediterranean Sea. She was used as a headquarters ship for the High Seas Fleet from 1906 to 1910, when the ''Reichstag'' cut funding for the vessel. She was stricken from the naval register in June 1911 and used as a barracks ship until April 1923, when she was renamed ''Hulk C'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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