The constellation
A911 Bodies of water from tears. (Cf. A901, A920.1.5, A941.2, A1012.)
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
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keeps company
- Refuge on rock in sea · R316 entry
cross-ref
- Flood from fluids of the body · A1012 entry
- Topographical features caused by experiences of primitive hero (demigod, deity). Footprints of the gods, thoroughfares of heroes, etc · A901 entry
- Lakes originate from tears. (Cf. A901, A911.) · A920.1.5 entry
- Springs originate from tears. (Cf. A901, A911.) · A941.2 entry
Thompson cites
- The Kalevala · Rune IV