Water-spirits sit on beach combing their long hair

Motif

Water-spirits sit on beach combing their long hair.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Water-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F420.5.3.1

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.

AustrianMailly Niederöst. 47 No. 101
FrenchSébillot France II 340, 346, 411.

Within the index

Filed under Other actions of water-spirits.

Filed beside it

Water-spirit calls human midwife. (Cf. F372.1, F451.3.5.5, F451.5.5.)Water-spirits call human godmother. (Cf. F451.5.6.)Water-spirit flees if holy name, ceremony, or blessed object is used Nix flees from benediction in church Water-spirit demands food from those it takes across stream Water-spirits prophesies

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