The Windfairies · Character
Nanina
A shepherd girl who cannot stop dancing when she hears the fairy pipe, and loses a lamb for every night she gives in.
supporting
First appearance: Nanina's Sheep
As a supporting figure in The Windfairies, Nanina is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The young shepherdess who disobeys her master, dances with the fairy shepherd, loses her flock, and ultimately resists the fairy's dance with the help of a beech tree.
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Nanina is set to watch a flock beside an old palace, but each night the beautiful shepherd's music pulls her feet into motion and another sheep vanishes. With only one lamb left she weeps beneath a beech tree, ties up…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Pastoral and magical elements
- Narrative and tragic voices
- Rural and domestic figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the ploughman’s terror shifts from an invisible, booming voic…
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See Nanina in Nanina's Sheep