In Finnish folklore, the näkki is a spirit that embodies the danger of the water (similar to the Nordic nixie). It ambushes swimmers, dragging them down to the näkki's watery kingdom. It was common to say "näkki onto the land, me into the water" as a folk charm before going swimming, and the other way around when returning to land.
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