River acts as messenger — Mythoi

Motif

River acts as messenger.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Extraordinary occurrences concerning seas or waters. · view the constellation · filed as F932.5

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Filed under Extraordinary occurrences connected with rivers.

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River carries object to saint

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River pursues fugitive River arches over saint's body like a vault. (Cf. F931.9.1, V220.)Stream becomes hot in which saint performs his ascetic devotions Well of oil runs into river River ceases to flow River boils River rises and overflows Ford across impassable river created by saint River divides into two parts after rape in its bed Firelike waters of river used by strange beings to cook flesh Speaking river (brook). (Cf. D1614.4, F930.6, F931.11.)