Girl will not drink of water which had no father or mother (i.e., stagnant) — Mythoi

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Girl will not drink of water which had no father or mother (i.e., stagnant).

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Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 26
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 11 11.— BKOTHEE AND SISTER.
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 13 13.— THE THREE LITTLE MEN IN THE
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 169 169.— THE HUT IN THE FOEEST.
North American Indigenous Zuni Folk Tales , Tale 28

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India Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Other enigmatic statements.

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Enigmatic statements of a sham mad man (Hamlet) Clever flatterer: Sir, you are a full moon, and my sovereign is a new moon (the full moon will decline, but the new moon has but started on its growth) Man asked to kill thousands, press hundreds beneath his arm, etc. (To shave his head, put some hairs under his arm, etc.) Enigmatic counsel: uproot old trees and plant new ones (dismiss old governors and appoint new) Give coals orange color, let glimmer of gold appear like expanse of heaven, prepare two heads of darkness. (Request for chickens for breakfast.)

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