1,071 motifs match “water” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Woman who fell from the sky. – Daughter of the sky-chief falls from the sky, is caught by birds, and lowered to the surface of the water. She becomes the creator. A21.1
• God drops water from his finger and the drops become angels. Lucifer imitated God and created devils. A52.0.7
• Angel Raphael created from water. A52.1.4
• Material of which angels are created (fire, water and snow). A52.3
• Poisonous water created by the devil. A63.7.1
• Cupbearer of the gods controls waters. A165.3.2
• Valkyries ride through air and water. A171.1.2
• God of water. A420
• Water-goddess. A420.1
• Universe from creator's masturbation with water, with stone, and with earth. (Cf. A1216.1). A615.1
• Creation of universe from clam-shell on primeval water by creator. A617
• Creation of universe from clay pot set afloat on primeval waters. A617.1
• Primary elements of universe. (Earth, air, fire, water, etc.) A654
• Rivers of black water in hell. A671.2.2.4
• A woman has four children: sun, moon, fire, and water. A700.3
• Origin of sky from egg brought from primeval water. A701.1
• Sky of water. The sky consists of water. A702.1
• Sun from fruit kernels thrown into water of flood. A718.3
• Moon is water slung into sky. A741.1
• Primeval water: In the beginning everything is covered with water. A810
• God and Devil fly together over primeval water. A810.1
• Primeval water to subside in a specified time. A810.2
• Waters of heaven would engulf earth were it not for firmament. A810.2.1
• Earth brought up from bottom of primeval water. (Cf. A812.) A811
• Earth from object thrown on primeval water. A814
• Earth from stone thrown on primeval water. A814.1
• Earth from sand strewn on primeval water. A814.2
• Earth from decayed matter on primeval water. A814.3
• Earth from tree grown in primeval water. A814.4
• Earth from steam made by fire thrown into primeval water. A814.5
• Earth scattered in a circuit in four directions on primeval water. A814.6
• Earth from primeval water mixed with seeds of tobacco. A814.7
• Earth from lotus seed placed on water. A814.8
• Earth from egg breaking on primeval water. (Cf. A1222). A814.9
• Earth from creator's spittle falling on primeval water. A814.10
• Earth from spittle of primeval potter spreading on surface of water. A814.10.1
• Earth from turtle's back. Earth erected on back of a turtle floating in primeval water. (Cf. A844.1.) A815
• Earth from serpent's head. Earth reared on head of serpent floating in primeval water. A815.1
• Stone emerges from primeval water. Devil sits on the stone, which becomes a mountain. A816.1
• Earth made by first couple dancing on bit of cloth laid on water. A825
• Earth made by drying up of primeval water. A827
• Creation because of creator's lonesomeness. Dissatisfied at being alone in center of primeval water, God creates the earth. A832
• Four rivers, rising in paradise, water primitive world. A871.2
• Origin of water features – general. A910
• Waters created on first day of creation. A910.1
• Waters created as punishment. A910.2
• Bodies of water in primitive abyss sink. A910.3
• Bodies of water remnant of flood. A910.4
• Waters created by divine twins. A910.5
• Bodies of water from tears. (Cf. A901, A920.1.5, A941.2, A1012.) A911
• Tub that drips at high tide but holds water at low tide. A913.4
• Mountains push water westward. A914
• Why waters do not engulf the earth. A915
• Quarrel between earth and waters. A917
• Male and female waters. A918
• Woman transformed to pool of water. A920.1.11
• Origin of fresh water welling up in sea. A925.4
• Origin of other bodies of water. A940
• Cloth from goddess, when spread by holy man over a spot, causes water to spring from earth. A941.5.6
• Mountains from hacked-up fish drawn from bottom of primeval water. Earth originates from a fish drawn from the water. It is hacked up and thus made to form mountains. A961.2
• Water freezes and forms mountains. A969.5
• God's promise never to destroy world by water does not apply to local floods. A1011.3
• Flood from broken calabashes of water. A1016.4
• Trickster sticks spear in ground and leads water to sea, ending deluge. A1028.1
• Water-disturbances at end of world. A1063
• Sea water mixes with fresh water at end of the world. A1063.2
• Fettered monster kept just out of reach of water. The water is always drunk by vulture as he is ready to take it. A1074.5
• Establishment of present order: waters. A1110
• Impounded water. Water is kept by monster so that mankind cannot use it. A hero defeats the monster and releases the water. (The monster is sometimes a giant frog.) A1111
• God promises never again to destroy world by water. A1113
• Origin of foam on waters. A1117
• Origin of swirling motion of water. Animals and birds scratch in it. A1118
• Establishment of present order: waters – miscellaneous. A1119
• Why sea waters are warm: kept so by Leviathan. A1119.2
• Rain kept in waterskin dragged along sky floor. A1131.4.1
• Thunder is noise of waterskin which rain-god drags along sky floor. A1142.8
• Mankind emerges from water. A1232.2.1
• Man made from sand sprinkled with water. A1241.2
• Adam's body made of eight (four) things. Body, earth; bones, stones; veins, roots; blood, water; hair, grass; thoughts, wind; spirit, clouds, or warmth, fire; cold, air; dryness, earth; instability, water. A1260.1.3
• Man made of clay with bones of stone, with blood of water and with vines for veins. A1260.1.5
• Man made from water. A1261
• Man creates a woman from melted butter, sour milk, sour cream and curds offered on the waters. A1275.5
• Theft of light by being swallowed and reborn. The hero transforms himself to a particle. The daughter of the guardian of light swallows him as she is drinking water. He is reborn. As a child in the house he steals light. A1411.2
• Acquisition of water. (Cf. A1111.) A1429.3
• Gods provide drinkable water. (Cf. A941.) A1429.3.2
• Origin of water wheel and rice growing. A1441.3
• Races dark-skinned from bathing after white men. All peoples bathe in the river, the white man first, then in turn, the Spaniard, the Indian, and the negro – each becoming darker because of the condition of the water. A1614.2
• Creator sent for water: Meantime animals assume present forms. A1713
• Crayfish from devil's fleas shaken off in water. (Cf. A1710.) A2171.1.1
• Buffalo helps tiger quench fire: white mark left on buffalo's neck where tiger held on while being ducked in water. A2211.12
• Tortoise hurled on rock: half falls on land, half in water. Therefore amphibious. A2214.5
• Deity rewards animal for bringing him water: cause of present characteristics. A2221.11
• Tortoise cursed for going under water while ferrying rice-goddess: people will be able to kill it with iron-made spears. A2231.7.3
• Diver eats nests of small birds: must not nest away from water. (Cf. A2431.3.2.) A2238.4
• Lizard loses lawsuit: must bob his head. Lizard and ant accused of theft of king's crow. Ant pours boiling water down lizard's throat. When case is tried, lizard cannot talk but only bobs head up and down. Adjudged guilty and condemned to bob his head eternally. (Cf. A2474.1.) A2255.2
• Cricket hears water hiss on hot iron: learns his song. (Cf. A2426.3.4.) A2272.1.2
• Why crocodile has marks of water pot on head. A2320.6
• Why water-hen has red eyes. A2332.5.3
• Why water-hen has broad back. A2356.2.5
• Magpie is a hybrid of dove and raven; was not baptized by water of the flood in Noah's time. (Cf. A2291.) A2382.1