Demonological fairy tales and legends from Upper Silesia, water area and water sprite

We compare themes of life and death in the Czech and Polish fairy tales and legends(especially in those from the area of Upper Silesia) about water sprites. We derive from syuzhet models of fairy tales and legends, how they were reproduced and literally portrayed by F. Lazecký, J. Ondrusz and also from records of narratives' folklore of Polish area in Upper Silesia, which where printed in a book called Śląski horror by D. Simonides. The interpretations are based on Ricoeur´s phenomenological impulses, modern folklore studies and cultural anthropology (by Propp, Meletinskij, Eliade, Lévi-Strauss). We also focuse on Jung´s and Bachelard´s interpretation.This article interpretatively focuses on texts from children's literature, but it is not primarily determined by this relation.