Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Miller and the Nixy of the Mill-Pond
A long-haired woman rises from water filled with reeds and broad leaves. A man stands above her beside the mill and its narrow footbridge. The caption identifies the miller meeting the nixy of the mill-pond, whose bargain drives the story.
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Henry Justice Ford. "The Miller and the Nixy of the Mill-Pond" [editorial title]. In The Yellow Fairy Book, Andrew Lang. New impression, 1906, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 145. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/yellow-nixy
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
The identification and bargain follow the story, not a generic mermaid attribution. The picture is the initial encounter rather than the later capture of the miller's son.
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Henry Justice Ford. The Miller and the Nixy of the Mill-Pond. The Yellow Fairy Book. Scan leaf 145. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/yellow-nixy