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Motif

Magic water. (Note: here are included all references to magic water, whether as a remedy or as another type of magic agent).

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic waters and medicines. · view the constellation · filed as D1242.1

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“Lei Chên-tzu, one of Wu Wang's marshals, then struck the animal with his staff, and severed it in twain. Wên Chung escaped in the direction of the mountains of Chüeh-lung Ling, where another marshal, Yün Chung-tzu, barred his way. Yün's hands had the power of producing lightning, and eight columns of mysterious fire suddenly came out of the earth, completely enveloping Wên Chung. They were thirty feet high and ten feet in circumference.”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter VI · served from our shelf

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
Scholars’ trail — 17references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • IcelandicGöngu Hrolfs Saga 309, Boberg
  • Italian NovellaRotunda
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • BabylonianSpence 178
  • ArabianBurton Nights S VI 213
  • IndiaThompson-Balys, Penzer I 28, III 227f., VI 5, 8, 62
  • ChineseWerner 205. – N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 354 n. 279 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter VI
  • Eskimo (Mackenzie Area)Jenness 47.
  • general *Types 590, 613
  • general *Christiansen FFC XXIV 79
  • general *Chauvin VI 202
  • general *Fb "vand", "livets vand"
  • general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 34, 328
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 118, 143
  • general Morgan MPh. VI 331
  • general Nitze MPh. VII 145
  • general *MacCulloch Childhood 67ff. Irish: Plummer cl, clxxviii, clxxx, *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 69, Beal XXI 325
Within the index

Filed under Magic fluid.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Baptismal water as magic objectHoly water as magic object
Filed beside it
Magic potionMagic dropsMagic oil
Travels with
Drop of water from Paradise gives power of prophecy. (Cf. D1242.1.)Magic water gives knowledge. (Cf. D1242.1.)Divination by water. (Cf. D1242.1.)Water gives magic beauty. (Cf. D1242.1.)Magic water makes ugly. (Cf. D1242.1.)Water of youth. (Cf. D1242.1.)Water blessed by saint as love-philtre. (Cf. D1242.1.)Magic water causes sexual desire. (Cf. D1242.1.)Magic water removes horns from person. (Cf. D1242.1.)Magic water protects. (Cf. D1242.1.)Giant kills people by sprinkling water on their heads. (Cf. D1242.1.)Magic water furnishes treasure. Everything it touches turns to gold. (Cf. D1242.1.)Magic healing water. (Cf. D1242.1.)Magic water cures stomach trouble. (Cf. D1242.1.)Magic water restores sight. (Cf. D1242.1.)Water poured from saint's bell produces fountain. (Cf. D1242.1.)Fountain produced from drop of water. (Cf. D1242.1.)Speaking water. (Cf. D1242.1.)Singing water. (Cf. D1242.1.)Dancing water. (Cf. D1242.1.)Bitter water grateful for being praised. (Cf. D1242.1.)Magic wisdom from drinking of well. (Cf. D1242.1, D1300.3, V134.)Magic strength by bathing. (Cf. D1242.1.)Rain produced by pouring water. (Cf. D1242.1.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
God of thunderRain-godTransformation by eating apricotMagic rain. (Cf. D910.)Magic bottleMagic healing bottle. (Cf. D1171.8.)Rain produced by pouring water. (Cf. D1242.1.)God reincarnated as monsterSpirit of thunderTreacherous co-wife (concubine)

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