rusalka

English

Noun

rusalka (plural rusalkas or rusalky or rusalki)

Wikipedia

1. In Slavic mythology, a female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.
   • 2009 March 1, Alastair Macaulay, “What Do Aquawomen Want?”, New York Times:

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