The Nix

Poem about the northern myth about the nix (in native tongue: Nøkken). A creature living in the swamp, abducting young people.

In a forest far from here

I'll tell you what once were

The cause of great panic and fear

In the forest: A lake in his care

If you listen to this tale, then beware

He comes out more than once a year

On his violin; A tune so rare

If you do not close your ear

He will you soon enough ensnare

Beneath the surface lies his lair

People tell their kids "Don't go there"

He has been the cause of many a nightmare

On his violin; A tune so rare 

If you do not close your ear

He will you soon enough ensnare

Besides the lake lies one shoe of a pair

Did I not tell you; "Don't go there"

Author's Note

The poem comes with a melody which has yet to be recorded.
I mainly want to know what people know about it. I am aware that the grammar is a bit weird some places, but I hope it works.

Reviews

[zaneybear]

ive never heard anything about the nix, till I came here, and reading it I still knew nothing till I went to the reviews and realized what it was. I really want to hear the melody so you should post that as well, but not knowing what it was I still really enjoyed this is was spooky, and fun. very well.

[E.R. Jonas]

Ah, all right, well I remember being terrified of the Nix as a kid and there's forests with large ponds and small lakes all over the place.

Very glad you enjoyed it, and I'll see if I can get that youtube video up before the summer is over (because...I'm expecting that once school starts I won't have much time for play :P)

[Jazz Newport Green]

Ola Loke, cool poem. If you don't mind telling me, what is the Nix? I never heard of it before. At some points, the flow of the poem was a little off. Anyway, I like the spooky-ish-ness-osity ( is that even a word?) of this poem. It's like a warning, and at the end of the poem, where we see that one shoe left by someone who didn't listen- I liked that. Whatever the Nix is, I'm sure it's well represented in this poem. I'm not even sure if I'm making sense, I'm tryin to say I liked it. Did you ever get that melody up? Can you send me a link for it? Thanx : )

[E.R. Jonas]

Hehe, thank you.
I know it's a bit off on some parts, it's made a few years back to be honest. I still haven't gotten around to posting the melody I'm afraid. Things have been rather hectic lately what with school n' all. But I'm trying to fix the melody a bit as well, as I'm not sure it's working the way it is at the moment. I WILL post the link when it's done though.

To get back to you on what the nix is,( in Norwegian it's called "nøkken" (pronounced like n + the french eu-sound + ckehn)) from old folklore a troll-like creature that lives in ponds/lakes in the forest and kidnaps children that goes too close to the water down to his kingdom. It was told to children to make them scared of the water so that they wouldn't go too close and drown.

Hope that answered your questions.
-Loke

[RobbieT]

I'll be honest I knew nothing about the Nix until now. Although, since I love Germanic lore research on the Nix's stories is a welcomed idea.

Can't wait to hear the melody.

[E.R. Jonas]

I'll post the youtube link if I get around to that ;)