63 motifs match “rivers”  ·  back to the chapters

• Angel of rivers. A425.0.1
• Culture hero regulates rivers. A533
• Doors of heaven guarded by rivers of fire. A661.0.1.1.1
• Rivers of blood in hell. A671.2.2
• Rivers of poison in hell. A671.2.2.1
• Rivers of fire in hell. A671.2.2.3
• Rivers of black water in hell. A671.2.2.4
• Four (three) rivers in hell. A671.2.2.5
• Other rivers in hell. A671.2.2.6
• Stygian river. River in lower world. In Greek myth five such rivers in Hades, Styx (hate), Acheron (mourning), Kokytus (lamentation), Lethe (forgetfulness) and Pyrephlegethon (flame). A672
• Opposite of present. Everything on the earth – courses of rivers, height of mountains, human reproduction, etc. – are at first the reverse of the present condition. A855
• Four rivers, rising in paradise, water primitive world. A871.2
• Well in the midst of earth from which eleven rivers originate. (Cf. A871.1.) A875.2
• Creator of rivers. A930.1
• Snake as creator of rivers and lakes. A930.1.1
• Various origins of rivers. A934
• Rivers from digging of primeval ox. (Cf. A920.1.2.) A934.1
• Rivers formed where certain stones are placed. Each of seven children are to go in a different direction, to walk a mile and put down a stone, then another mile and a stone, etc. Thus rivers are formed. A934.2
• Rivers burst forth to commemorate birth, death, battle, etc., of primitive hero. (Cf. A901, A920.1.4.) A934.3
• Rivers where god drags his staff. A934.4
• Rivers originate through saint's prayer during drought. A934.5
• Hail-storm leaves twelve chief rivers in Ireland. A934.6
• Rivers from mythical well. A934.8
• Peacock shows rivers the way to the big valley so they will not go round and round. A934.12
• Rivers and streams offspring of marriage of Ocean and his sister. A938
• Serpent king causes flood by damming rivers. A1019.2
• Origin of worship of rivers. A1546.1
• Why beaver lives along rivers. A2433.3.12
• Why hare never drinks from rivers or streams. A2435.3.12.1
• Magic object makes rivers and lakes. D1486
• Magic stone makes rivers and lakes. (Cf. D931.) D1486.1
• Magic control of rivers. D2151.2
• Rivers magically made dry. (Cf. D2165.2.) D2151.2.3
• Rivers in otherworld. (Cf. A671.2.2.6, F141.1.) F162.2
• The four rivers of Paradise. F162.2.1
• Rivers of wine in otherworld. F162.2.2
• Rivers of honey in otherworld. F162.2.3
• Rivers of mead in otherworld. F162.2.4
• Rivers of balsam and attar in otherworld. F162.2.5
• Rivers of oil, milk, wine, and honey in otherworld. F162.2.6
• Thirteen rivers of balm in otherworld. F162.2.7
• Giant allows others to cling to him while he swims with them safely across the rivers. F531.3.13.2
• Strong man jumps across rivers. (Cf. F611.3.2.4.) F614.11
• Rivers with marvelous underground connections. Euphrates, Tigris, Tiber, and River Boant really the same which flow through oceans and underground. F715.3
• Kingdom where seven rivers meet. F715.8
• Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rose-water and honey. F771.2.4.1
• Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rosewater, and honey. F771.7
• Extraordinary occurrences connected with rivers. F932
• How much water is in the sea? Stop all the rivers and I will measure it. H696.1.1
• Riddle: what is the mother who devours her children when they grow up? (Ocean and rivers.) H734
• Task: drinking the sea dry: countertask: stop all the rivers. (Cf. H951.) H1142.3
• Task: dipping out the sea with a spoon: countertask: stop all the rivers. (Cf. H1113., H1142.3.) H1143
• Quest for the spring of the biggest of three rivers east of Gardariki. H1315
• Quest for silken turban on tree sixteen rivers and seven seas away. H1355.3
• Sham-dead man punished. A numskull lies in an old grave to see the Day of Judgment. He hears bells and thinks that the Last Day has come. He is beaten by mule-drivers when he tells them that he is a dead man. He returns home and tells his wife that he returns from the dead. "How goes it in heaven?" "For one thing, avoid mule-drivers." J2311.6
• Theft of horses (cattle) by letting loose a rabbit so that drivers join in the chase. K341.5.1
• Standing in (Jordan and Tigris) rivers as penance (by Adam and Eve). (Cf. A1331.) Q541.1.1
• Sacrifice to rivers and seas. S264
• Sacred rivers and lakes. (Cf. A425.) V1.6.2.1
• Dissatisfied rivers complain against sea. Say that it makes their water unusable. W128.3
• Lie: hero responsible for topographical features (lakes, rivers, etc.). (Cf. A901.) X958
• Seven fair rivers in Inis Eidheand (Eden) in the East of Africa. Z71.5.6.12
• "A tree on island beyond the seven seas and the sixteen rivers." Z92.1