But Beata is different. Unlike the tragic heroine of de la Motte Fouqué’s 1811 novella, Beata Undine (as documented in unpublished Slavic manuscripts) is not a victim. She is a keeper. According to recovered fragments from a 1743 grimoire housed in the University of Vilnius, Beata was a Baltic noblewoman who allegedly brokered a "luminous pact" with a sea revenant.
For 300 years, her story was whispers and half-truths—until now. beata undine exclusive