64 motifs match “waters”  ·  back to the chapters

• Cupbearer of the gods controls waters. A165.3.2
• Creation of universe from clay pot set afloat on primeval waters. A617.1
• Waters of heaven would engulf earth were it not for firmament. A810.2.1
• Waters created on first day of creation. A910.1
• Waters created as punishment. A910.2
• Waters created by divine twins. A910.5
• Why waters do not engulf the earth. A915
• Quarrel between earth and waters. A917
• Male and female waters. A918
• Establishment of present order: waters. A1110
• Origin of foam on waters. A1117
• 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
• Man creates a woman from melted butter, sour milk, sour cream and curds offered on the waters. A1275.5
• Queen of watersnakes. B244.1.1
• Birds beat waters with wings as welcome to saint. B251.2.5
• Compulsion to bathe in certain waters daily. C663
• Transformation: watersprite to flood. D283.3
• Magic waters and medicines. D1240
• Waters magically pursue man. (Cf. D910.) D1432
• Magic flower thrown into lake causes waters to follow in the footsteps of the one who throws it in. (Cf. D975.) D1547.2
• Magic gem causes river waters to recede. (Cf. D1071, D1551.) D1549.3.4
• Magic rod causes all waters to turn to blood. (Cf. D1254.2.) D1549.9
• Waters magically divide and close. D1551
• Magic salt causes waters to divide. (Cf. D1039.2.) D1551.1
• Magic rod causes waters to divide and close. (Cf. D1254.2.) D1551.2
• Magic root causes waters to divide and close. (Cf. D967.) D1551.3
• Magic powder causes waters to divide. (Cf. D1246.) D1551.4
• Magic stick causes waters to divide. (Cf. D956.) D1551.6
• Diamond in snake king's forehead in hero's pocket opens lake waters to reveal a pathway to underground palace. (Cf. D1071.) D1551.7.1
• Magic brick causes waters to divide. (Cf. D935.4.) D1551.8
• Magic weeping waters. (Cf. D910.) D1618.1
• The waters of seas, lakes, and streams turn aside and let the holy man walk through untouched by moisture. (Cf. D1551.) D1841.4.3.1
• Saint causes waters to be filled with fish. D2106.1.1
• Magic control of waters. (Cf. D1242.1.) D2151
• Saint regulates temperature of waters. D2151.0.1
• Waters made to dry up. D2151.0.2
• Man makes all waters of spring flow into a small brass pot. D2151.6.2
• Escape from drowning by drying up all waters. (Cf. D2151.2.3.) D2165.2
• Wild huntsman waters his horse. E501.15.7
• Souls of sinners to spend seven years under waters of the sea before Doomsday. E751.5
• Fairies defile waters. F369.2
• Mistreated boy sings unto water spirits to take him: waters rise up in tank to engulf him. F420.5.2.2.2
• Waters of Deluge reach to giant's ankles. F531.2.1.3
• Extraordinary occurrences concerning seas or waters. F930
• Waters rise to drown wrongdoer. F930.2
• Waters transformed to blood for Egyptians but not for Hebrews. (Cf. D474.) F930.4
• Waters dissolve mill-stones. F930.7
• Chewed nut spread on waters clarifies them. F930.8
• Waters of sea arch over people like a vault. (Cf. F932.2.) F931.9.1
• River dries up its waters out of sympathy. F932.6.2
• In dead of night waters of stream cease flowing and stand perfectly still. F932.6.3
• Firelike waters of river used by strange beings to cook flesh. F932.11
• Grub's urine waters tree. (Cf. D1027.) F979.14
• Waters react to words of poet. F996
• Devil and Drake carry waters of English Channel from Dartmoor to Plymouth. G303.9.2.4
• What is the land that has seen the sun only once? (The land on which the waters were gathered after the creation.) H822.1
• Task: swine to eat fish of certain waters. H1199.7
• Quest for glass of all waters. (Sea water.) H1377.1
• Two monks renew their appetites. Entertained by a lord, they say that they are going to certain waters to recover their appetites. They are taken to a chamber and locked in for a day They recover their appetites without further journeying. (Cf. K1955.1.1.) J1606
• How the fishes got there. Guests of host who waters his wine put little fishes into the wine jug. "Now I confess that I put water into the wine; otherwise the fishes could not be there." J2281
• During a flood the Virgin descends into the streets to save her image from the flood waters. V284