The constellation
D925 Magic fountain. (Cf. D926, D927.)
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filed under
- Magic body of Water · D910 entry
beneath it
- Magic oil-spouting fountain · D925.0.1 entry
- Miraculous well yielding milk, beer or wine · D925.0.2 entry
- Fountain magically made · D925.1 entry
- Fountain is inhabited by sacred oracular fish · D925.2 entry
keeps company
- Sky-rope. Access to upper world by means of a rope · F51 entry
- Originator of death first sufferer. After the culture hero has instituted death, his own child dies and he repents in vain · K1681 entry
- Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section · A1010 entry
- Flood from fluids of the body · A1012 entry
- Flood from belly. It flows from pierced belly of monster · A1013 entry
- World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world · A1030 entry
- Creation of man · A1200 entry
- Confusion of tongues. Originally all men speak same language. Because of a sin they come to speak different languages · A1333 entry
- Origin of death · A1335 entry
- Distribution of tribes · A1620 entry
cross-ref
- Oracular fountain. (Cf. D925.) · D1311.3 entry
- Magic fountain indicates road for saint by removing itself. (Cf. D925.) · D1313.11 entry
- Fountain of youth. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D1341.1.) Water from certain fountain rejuvenates · D1338.1.1 entry
- Magic fountain makes person old. (Cf. D925, D1338.1.1.) · D1341.1 entry
- Fountain of immortality. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D1341.1, D1338.1.1.) · D1346.2 entry
- Fountain causes magic sleep. (Cf. D925.) · D1364.1 entry
- Water from magic fountain kills. (Cf. D925.) · D1402.24 entry
- Magic fountain produces gold. (Cf. D925.) · D1467.1 entry
- Fountain miraculously supports life. (Cf. D925.) · D1472.1.1 entry
- Magic healing fountain. (Cf. D925, V134.) · D1500.1.1 entry
- Magic fountain restores sight. (Cf. D925.) · D1505.5.3 entry
- Magic fountain causes storm (rain). (Cf. D925, D926, D2143.1.) · D1541.1.3 entry
- Fountain insures favorable wind when drained. (Cf. D925.) · D1543.1 entry
- Fountain (well) removes itself. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D941.) · D1641.1 entry
- Fountain magically dries up. (Cf. D925.) · D1647 entry
- Magic results from bathing. (Cf. D562, D925, D2161.4.14.) · D1788 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 8
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 9