Magic spring. (Cf. D925, D926.)

Motif

Magic spring. (Cf. D925, D926.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Kinds of magic objects. · Magic body of Water. · view the constellation · filed as D927

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

Jewish*Neuman.
general *Fb "blind" IV 45b
general *Herbert III 238
general *Oesterley No 253
general Child I 192. Irish myth: Cross

Within the index

Filed under Magic body of Water.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Spring made by magic Magic spring guarded by demons (monsters)Spring augments milk of nursing mothers who drink its water Spring follows saint to his country Spring runs dry (as result of fratricide)

Filed beside it

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

Travels with

Spring gives omens. (Cf. D927.)Clairvoyant spring. Lady whose lover is absent to look in spring each day. If she sees his shadow, he is about to marry another. (Cf. D927.)Fountain of youth. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D1341.1.) Water from certain fountain rejuvenates Fountain of immortality. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D1341.1, D1338.1.1.)Holy spring restores sight. (Cf. D927, V134.)Magic springs fertilize or sterilize earth. (Cf. D927.)Fountain (well) removes itself. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D941.)Inexhaustible spring. (Cf. D927.)Magic control of wells (springs). (Cf. A941.5, D927, D1567, F933.)Magic fountain. (Cf. D926, D927.)Magic well. (Cf. D925, D927.)Life token: spring goes dry. (Cf. D927.)Magic spring as chastity test. Wells up if girl is not a virgin. (Cf. D927.)

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