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Undine

Undine, Undines, Undina, or Ondine are sometimes interchangeable and may refer to: Ondine (mythology), a water nymph from German mythology

In literature and painting

Undine (novella) (1811), a novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
Ondine, a play by Jean Giraudoux (1939), with Ondine played by Audrey Hepburn
Undine (Schreiner), an autobiographical book by Olive Schreiner (1928)
Undine (Waterhouse painting), by John William Waterhouse (1872)
Ondine, a poem by Aloysius Bertrand (1842)
Undine geht, a short story by Ingeborg Bachmann (1961)
Undine, a book written by Penni Russon. It is a trilogy with the following books being Breathe, and Drift.
Undine, a graffito by Harald Naegeli (1978)
Undine Spragg, the protagonist of Edith Wharton's "The Custom of the Country"
Ondine, character in the novel Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

In music

Sonata Undine, a Romantic sonata for flute and piano (in E-minor) by Carl Reinecke
Ondine, a movement of the piano piece Gaspard de la nuit by Maurice Ravel (1906)
Ondine (Pugni), music by Cesare Pugni for a ballet choreographed by Jules Perrot (1843)
Undine (ballet), music by Hans Werner Henze (1956–57), choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton (see also another article on the same work: Ondine (Ashton))
Undine, a prelude for piano by Claude Debussy (1911–13)
Ondine, a song by They Might Be Giants, from the album Back to Skull
Undine, a song by Yui Makino, from the album Tenkyuu no Ongaku

In opera

Undina, an opera by Alexei Lvov (1846)
Undina (Tchaikovsky), an opera (1869) by Pyotr Tchaikovsky to the Russian libretto by Vladimir Sollogub
Undine (Hoffmann), an opera by E.T.A. Hoffmann (1814)
Undine (Lortzing), an opera by Albert Lortzing (1845)

In ballet

Ondine (Ashton), a ballet choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton for Dame Margot Fonteyn to Hans Werner Henze's music with the Royal Ballet (1958)
Undine (ballet), music by Hans Werner Henze (1956–57) for Sir Frederick Ashton's ballet
Ondine (Pugni), a ballet choreographed by Jules Perrot (1843) to Cesare Pugni's music and based on de la Motte Fouqué's novel
Ondine (Dollar) a ballet made by William Dollar on Tanaquil Le Clercq, Francisco Moncion, Melissa Hayden and Yvonne Mounsey for New York City Ballet (1948)

In film

The Loves of Ondine, a film by Andy Warhol.
Ondine, a film by Irish film maker Neil Jordan.

In science

Undina (fish), a prehistoric lobe-finned fish

In ships

HMS Undine, eight ships in the Royal Navy
USS Undine, two ships in the United States Navy
MV Undine, a ro-ro ferry (11854t, 1991) owned by Cobefret Ferries of Belgium

In video games

Undine is one of the eight elemental spirits featured in the Mana series. Undine represents the water element.
Undine, one of the four races in Oblivion in Primal
Ondine, the princess of the Clancers in Mischief Makers
Undine, a water spirit in Namco's Tales role-playing game series
Undine, one of the wing-spirits of Dizzy, a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series
Undine, one of the souls in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow which allows you to walk on water
Undine, a water-dwelling race in Riviera: The Promised Land
Undine, one of the monsters in Monster Rancher 2 that resembles a liquid-formed mermaid
Undine is a Persona of the Lovers arcana in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

In popular culture

Undines, the name for female gondoliers in the manga ARIA
Undine, a character from the Claymore anime & manga series
Ondine (actor) aka Robert Olivo (1937–1989), American actor
92 Undina, an asteroid
Ondine (record label), a classical record label

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Undine" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German.

Translation(s) in other languages: French: Ondine, Italian: Ondine, Japanese: アンダイン, Norwegian (Bokmål): Undine (andre betydninger), Russian: Ундина (значения).


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