On a peninsula, in a meadow between the sea and a cursed forest, stands a hut. In it, as is customary, live an old fisherman and his old wife. One stormy night, a young Danubian knight named Huldbrand, who had lost his way in the forest, asked for shelter. Although the waters unleashed by the raging elements had for a time turned the peninsula into an island, the young man had no reason to be bored. The hosts had a daughter β a charming and mysterious foundling of eighteen years β and this lovely creature was called Undine...