Water-spirits must be in water before dawn; delay is punished with death. (Cf. F451.3.2.1. and cross-references there given.)

Motif

Water-spirits must be in water before dawn; delay is punished with death. (Cf. F451.3.2.1. and cross-references there given.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Water-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F420.3.4.2

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

GermanSchöppner I 221, 227
FrenchSébillot France II 340.

Within the index

Filed under Water-spirits have laws.

Filed beside it

Water-spirits must be in water before midnight; delay is punished with death indicated by blood in water

Travels with

Dwarfs turn to stone at sunrise Mock sunrise causes supernaturals (thieves) to drop burdens and flee. (Cf. F420.3.4.2.)

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