545. Die Watermöme.

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This is a local belief report about singing Watermömen and the people they lure into water. The complete returned ATU whole-plot candidates do not fit.

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The complete F420.5.2.1 entry is “Water-spirits lure mortal into water.” The source says their song is enticing and whoever follows is pulled into the water. Child lure by offered objects and a water-maiden enamoring a man add conditions absent here; retain the broad direct match. The complete F420.5.2.2 definition is “Water-spirits kidnap mortals and keep them under water.” The source says followers are pulled into water and must stay with the spirits. The wording strongly supports retention, though the underwater residence is implied rather than separately described. Rejected/uncertain neighboring observations: Watermömen sing at midnight in full-moon ponds. B81.3.1 requires a mermaid to appear at midnight; no appearance is stated. B81.3.2 adds annual appearance and choir singing, also absent. The water-spirit lure entries describe the subsequent action, not singing alone. B81.3.1 is added as a possible parallel because the Watermömen sing at midnight and entice followers into pond water; the source does not describe a mermaid’s visible or fish-tail form. The broad F420.5.2.1 lure and possible F420.5.2.2 continued keeping remain separately supported.

• Thompson F420.5.2.1 · Water-spirits lure mortal into water.

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  The complete F420.5.2.1 entry is “Water-spirits lure mortal into water.” The source says their song is enticing and whoever follows is pulled into the water. Child lure by offered objects and a water-maiden enamoring a man add conditions absent here; retain the broad direct match.

  • „Ihr Gesang ist herrlich und lockend, aber wer ihm nachgeht, der wird von ihnen ins Wasser gezogen“

  Thompson F420.5.2.1 im Katalog, öffnet in neuem Tab

• Thompson F420.5.2.2 · Water-spirits kidnap mortals and keep them under water.

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  The complete F420.5.2.2 definition is “Water-spirits kidnap mortals and keep them under water.” The source says followers are pulled into water and must stay with the spirits. The wording strongly supports retention, though the underwater residence is implied rather than separately described.

  • „wer ihm nachgeht, der wird von ihnen ins Wasser gezogen und muß bei ihnen bleiben.“

  Thompson F420.5.2.2 im Katalog, öffnet in neuem Tab

• Thompson B81.3.1 · Mermaid appears at midnight, entices people into water.

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  B81.3.1 describes a mermaid appearing at midnight and enticing people into water. The source names female Watermömen in ponds at midnight and says their alluring song draws followers into the water. It does not describe their appearance or fish-tail form, so this is a possible rather than probable parallel.

  • „Um die Mitternachtsstunde in den Vollmondnächten singen die ›Watermömen‹ in den Teichen.“
  • „Ihr Gesang ist herrlich und lockend, aber wer ihm nachgeht, der wird von ihnen ins Wasser gezogen“

  Thompson B81.3.1 im Katalog, öffnet in neuem Tab