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IRISH UNDINE (WATER ELEMENTAL)
Undines are the spiritual beings that
inhabit the spirit realm of the element water. They not only
exist in the water itself, but also in substances of humidity
and all other liquids. They appear to humans as beautiful
water nymphs or the classic mermaids of myths and legends
which tell of them being seen gracefully riding the waves of
the ocean shimmering and shining with all the colors of the
sea. They are also said to frequent marshlands, rocky pools,
springs, streams and wells. They control the forces of nature
in relation to plant and marine life as well as the tides and
motions of water.
In some cultures undines inhabited
waterfalls, while others live in rivers and lakes, every
fountain had its nymph, and every ocean its ocean ides
(daughters of Oceanus the Titan ruler of the sea before
Poseidon). In folklore the ruler of the undines is a being
called Necksa whom they love, serve, and honor unceasingly.
Undines are emotional beings, very friendly and open to being
of service to humans, but care must be taken when working with
undines for they can have a strong influence upon a person’s
emotional well-being. Water is traditionally assigned to the West, the
direction of sunset. The Goddesses Isis, Diane and the
God’s Manannan mac Lir and Neptune, among others, are
associated with Water.
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The smaller undines were often portrayed as tiny
winged beings that people have mistakenly called fairies. Seen near
flowers and plants that grow in watery areas, they had gossamer
wings and shining clothing. Some undine’s closely resembled people
in appearance and size, they lived in coral caves under the ocean or
on the shores of lakes and banks of rivers. Undines work with the
vital essences, the liquids of plants, animals, and human beings and
are present in everything containing water.
Undines can be called to aid in all magick
associated with the element water.
Water is purifying, healing, nurturing, dream like,
loving and peaceful.
Along high river reeds, their embrace
Enlaces, chokes, strangles savagely;
Deep in the waves, an agony
Extinguishes in a nightly swoon.
Renée
Vivien (1877 - 1909), Undine
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