Water stops flowing when no longer needed

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Water stops flowing when no longer needed.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Extraordinary occurrences concerning seas or waters. · view the constellation · filed as F930.5

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

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Filed under Extraordinary occurrences concerning seas or waters.

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Book dropped in water by saint not wet Waters rise to drown wrongdoer Water sinks to bottom, mud rises to surface to keep prophet from drowning Waters transformed to blood for Egyptians but not for Hebrews. (Cf. D474.)Water chants song. (Cf. D1614.4, F931.12.)Waters dissolve mill-stones Chewed nut spread on waters clarifies them Extraordinary occurrence connected with sea Extraordinary occurrences connected with rivers Extraordinary occurrences connected with springs Extraordinary occurrences connected with lakes Extraordinary occurrences connected with pond (pool, tank)

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