62 motifs match “fountain”  ·  back to the chapters

• Cleansing fountain in heaven. A661.0.4
• Deer (Eikthyrnir) in Valhalla fills the fountain Hvergelmir. A661.1.0.4
• Fountain breaks forth through power of Virgin Mary. A941.5.0.1
• Many-colored fountain breaks forth where saint strikes earth with his foot. A941.5.2
• Tabu: drinking from certain fountain. C261
• Transformation: tears to fountain. D457.18.1
• Magic fountain. (Cf. D926, D927.) D925
• Magic oil-spouting fountain. D925.0.1
• Fountain magically made. D925.1
• Fountain bursts forth where water is not available for baptismal ceremonies of future saint. D925.1.0.1
• Saint produces fountain by means of his tears. D925.1.1
• Fountain gushes up at place where saint's head was cut off. D925.1.2
• Fountain is inhabited by sacred oracular fish. D925.2
• Oracular fountain. (Cf. D925.) D1311.3
• Magic fountain indicates road for saint by removing itself. (Cf. D925.) D1313.11
• Fountain of youth. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D1341.1.) Water from certain fountain rejuvenates. D1338.1.1
• Magic fountain makes person old. (Cf. D925, D1338.1.1.) D1341.1
• Fountain of immortality. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D1341.1, D1338.1.1.) D1346.2
• Fountain causes magic sleep. (Cf. D925.) D1364.1
• Water from magic fountain kills. (Cf. D925.) D1402.24
• Magic fountain produces gold. (Cf. D925.) D1467.1
• Fountain miraculously supports life. (Cf. D925.) D1472.1.1
• Magic healing fountain. (Cf. D925, V134.) D1500.1.1
• Magic fountain restores sight. (Cf. D925.) D1505.5.3
• Magic fountain causes storm (rain). (Cf. D925, D926, D2143.1.) D1541.1.3
• Fountain insures favorable wind when drained. (Cf. D925.) D1543.1
• Magic object produces fountain. (Cf. D925.1.) D1567
• Saint's blood produces fountain. (Cf. D1003, V220.) D1567.1
• Saint's tears produce fountain. (Cf. D1004.) D1567.2
• Water poured from saint's bell produces fountain. (Cf. D1242.1.) D1567.3
• Saint's bachall produces fountain. (Cf. D1277.) D1567.4
• Saint's crozier produces fountain. (Cf. D1277.1.) D1567.5
• Fountain produced from drop of water. (Cf. D1242.1.) D1567.7
• Fountain (well) removes itself. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D941.) D1641.1
• Fountain magically dries up. (Cf. D925.) D1647
• Fountains poison and cure. One, with bronze vessel, tastes sweet and poisons; other, with iron vessel, tastes bitter and cures. D1663.4
• Magic fountain produced by prayer. (Cf. D925.1.) D1766.1.1
• Fountain produced from sign of the cross. (Cf. D925.1.) D1766.6.1
• Power of prophecy from accidental drinking of water from magic fountain. D1812.2.3
• Location of fountain revealed in dream. (Cf. D925, D925.1, D1731.) D1816.1
• Reincarnation as fountain. E635
• Soul hidden in apple (ball) in a salmon which appears every seven years in certain fountain. (Cf. D1651.10.) E713.1
• Sweet and bitter fountain in otherworld garden. F162.1.2.1
• Cool and boiling fountain in otherworld garden. (Cf. F162.8.) F162.1.2.2
• Magic fountain in otherworld. (Cf. F162.1.2.2.) F162.8
• Fountain of any temperature desired in otherworld. F162.8.1
• Fountains in otherworld – one or more streams flow into each, one or more out. F162.8.2
• Musical fountain in otherworld. F162.8.3
• Fountain spirit. F425
• Extraordinary fountain. (Cf. D925.) F716
• Fountain gives water on Wednesdays and Fridays. F716.1
• Fountain has taste of wine. (Cf. F718.3.) F716.1.1
• Fountain hot or cold as desired. F716.3
• Fountain jet which remains immovable. F716.4
• Musical fountain in otherworld. F716.5
• Fountains as chastity tests. One fountain of clear water, other muddy. H411.11.2
• Task: bringing water from distant fountain more quickly than a witch. H1109.1
• Betrayal through pretended fountain of youth. K116.1
• False bride takes true bride's place at fountain. The true bride, left by her husband for a short time at a fountain, is supplanted by a moor or gypsy, who transforms her. K1911.1.3
• Hero finds maiden at fountain (well, river). N715.1
• Fountain (well) as lovers' rendezvous. T35.1
• The cock's whiskers. A mouse throws a nut down and hits the cock on the head. He also steals the cock's whiskers. The cock goes to get an old woman to cure him. The final formula is: Fountain give up water for forest, forest give up wood for baker, baker give up bread for dog, dog give up hairs to cure the cock. (Variant: mouse loses tail.) Z43