The work was written in a form of a rondo (when the music alternates themes).
The Water Goblin is known as a creature of European mythology, called the Vodyanoy. He was depicted as an elderly man with a frog face and covered in mud and algae. The Slavic version of the Vodyanoy depicts the goblin with a human body, green skin, gills, webbed hands and often wearing old, patchy clothing. He is known to capture the souls of those he drowns, and keep them in