Kind water-spirits — Mythoi

Motif

Kind water-spirits.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Water-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F420.5.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary Crystallization The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise , Purgatory 30
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XII XII. The Sacred Marriage
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 31 31.— THE GIRL WITHOUT HANDS.
Hermetic / Alchemical The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged , Tract 1: The Golden Tract Concerning the Stone of the Philosophers
Hermetic / Alchemical The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged , Tract 11: The Golden Tripod (Basil Valentine, The Twelve Keys)

Within the index

Filed under Deeds and actions of water-spirits.

10 finer motifs beneath it

Water-spirits protect and warn sailor against storm and in tempest Water-spirits help poor Water-spirits help lovers Water-spirits work as servants for mortal for small compensation Water-spirits work as servants for mortal but disappear when compensation is offered or origin suspected Water-spirits work at night in home of mortals Water-spirits give gifts to mortals. (Cf. F342, F451.5.1.5.) Water-spirits give advice Water-spirits adopt human foundling Water-spirits save man from drowning

Filed beside it

Malevolent water-spirits Other actions of water-spirits

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