Magic fountain. (Cf. D926, D927.) — Mythoi

Motif

Magic fountain. (Cf. D926, D927.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic body of Water. · view the constellation · filed as D925

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 8 receipt
North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 9 receipt

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 3
Hawaiian Legends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes , 17 HOW PELE CAME TO HAWAII
Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua) Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated) , Part 4, Chapter 11

Filed across the traditions

Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "fontaine"
French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10–12
Tirol Zingerle 588
Jewish Neuman
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 284 n. 50a.
general *Dh II 154
general *Wünsche Die Sagen vom Lebensbaum und Lebenswasser (Leipzig, 1905)
general *Hopkins JAOS XXVI 1–67, 411–413
general *Fb "ungdom" III 979b
general Penzer IV 145
general *Patch PMLA XXXIII 670 n. 67. – Irish myth: *Cross, Plummer cl–clii, clxxii
general Lat. American: Alexander Lat. Am. 20 n. 6, 349.

Within the index

Filed under Magic body of Water.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Magic oil-spouting fountain Miraculous well yielding milk, beer or wine Fountain magically made Fountain is inhabited by sacred oracular fish

Filed beside it

Magic sea Magic river Magic lake (pond) Magic well. (Cf. D925, D927.) Magic spring. (Cf. D925, D926.) Magic water-hole

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Oracular fountain. (Cf. D925.) Magic fountain indicates road for saint by removing itself. (Cf. D925.) Fountain of youth. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D1341.1.) Water from certain fountain rejuvenates Magic fountain makes person old. (Cf. D925, D1338.1.1.) Fountain of immortality. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D1341.1, D1338.1.1.) Fountain causes magic sleep. (Cf. D925.) Water from magic fountain kills. (Cf. D925.) Magic fountain produces gold. (Cf. D925.) Fountain miraculously supports life. (Cf. D925.) Magic healing fountain. (Cf. D925, V134.) Magic fountain restores sight. (Cf. D925.) Magic fountain causes storm (rain). (Cf. D925, D926, D2143.1.) Fountain insures favorable wind when drained. (Cf. D925.) Fountain (well) removes itself. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D941.) Fountain magically dries up. (Cf. D925.) Magic results from bathing. (Cf. D562, D925, D2161.4.14.) Location of fountain revealed in dream. (Cf. D925, D925.1, D1731.) Magic well. (Cf. D925, D927.) Magic spring. (Cf. D925, D926.) Extraordinary fountain. (Cf. D925.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Hierarchy of worlds. A series of worlds, one above the other World-tree. Tree extending from lowest to highest world. (Cf. A878.) World-columns. Four (two, etc.) columns or supports sustain the earth Atlas. A man supports the earth on his shoulders Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section Flood from fluids of the body Flood from belly. It flows from pierced belly of monster 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 Creation of man Confusion of tongues. Originally all men speak same language. Because of a sin they come to speak different languages Origin of death Distribution of tribes

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