@ Silke, what scaaaary creatures in your first link! But what an interesting reading�

@ Moravc, the more I think about it the more I agree with the water goblin term. Thank for giving me such a convincing proof. But still, this conversation is revealing that this figure of the fantasy world wouldn �t be an appropriate part of my new ws �I could only cause a confusion in the children �s minds

@Mish

@ Sulekra "In Australia we have the Bunyip, which people still occasionally claim to meet - though they most likely had more alcohol than they should have;D"�

Fed up with water here in the north of the Czech Republic. BTW: May I ask where you teach?

@ Silke

Yes, exactly that way :-) But you know, it is a real slang word with a very simple explanation. The word means "cheater" or "deceiver" and in Czech you say it "podvodn�k". Despite its ethymology (which is different of course) the beginning of the word "pod" corresponds with the Czech preposition meaning "under" and "vodn�k" (BTW the word I am looking for) is a a man living in water, or "waterman" ("voda" = "water" "wasser"). When you put it together you come to this simple conclusion!� You know what an influential language German has always been in my country:-) Hope you understand my crazy explanation.-)