Swan maiden

Prophetic Swan Maidens are water maidens, they can be recognized by the wet edges of the dress and apron. Swan maidens, according to their original meaning, are the personification of spring, rain clouds; together with the relegation of legends about heavenly sources to earth.
Swan maidens are given a prophetic character and wisdom; they perform difficult, supernatural tasks and force nature itself into submission.
The swan bird is one of the oldest personifications of the white summer cloud. Prophetic maidens often appear on the waters as white swans: the foresight assigned to them is the gift of an immortal drink that they possess; dance, music and singing (metaphors of whirling whirlwinds and a howling storm) are the favorite activities, joy and fun of all water spirits; the waves of rivers and whirlpools are explained by the people to themselves as a consequence of their dancing.