undine

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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.
Undine (1811) is a novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqu.
Undine (1816) is an opera by E.T.A. Hoffmann based on Fouqu's story.
Undine (1845) is an opera by Albert Lortzing, also based on Fouqu's tale.
Undine leaves is a poem by Ingeborg Bachmann.
Undine is an autobiographical book by Olive Schreiner published posthumously in 1928. http://africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa021402c.htm
In Brian Kiedrowski's scenarios for the computer game Blades of Exile, the Undine are a subterrainian race of aquatic magi.
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.

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