rusalka

noun

1. A female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.

   She is now a rusalka, a water spirit; in revenge she sends their daughter, a rusalochka, to lure him into the water.

Where it comes from

From Russian руса́лка (rusálka, “mermaid, siren”). Doublet of rosalia.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry rusalka (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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