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The Water Mother is a Chinese fairy tale collected by Wolfram Eberhard in Folktales of China. It does not exist in early text, although the cult of the Water Mother existed from the time of the Song dynasty. Wolfram Eberhard pointed out that "elements" of the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index type ATU 565 appear here. Other tales of this type are Sweet Porridge and Why the Sea Is Salt -- Why the Sea Is Salt also using it as an explanatory legend.

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  • The Water Mother is a Chinese fairy tale collected by Wolfram Eberhard in Folktales of China. It does not exist in early text, although the cult of the Water Mother existed from the time of the Song dynasty. Wolfram Eberhard pointed out that "elements" of the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index type ATU 565 appear here. Other tales of this type are Sweet Porridge and Why the Sea Is Salt -- Why the Sea Is Salt also using it as an explanatory legend. (en)
  • Mãe Água é um de conto de fadas chinês, coletadas por em Contos da China. Não existe numa altura inicial da escrita chinesa, apesar do culto à Mãe de Água, existir desde a dinastia Song. (pt)
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  • The Water Mother is a Chinese fairy tale collected by Wolfram Eberhard in Folktales of China. It does not exist in early text, although the cult of the Water Mother existed from the time of the Song dynasty. Wolfram Eberhard pointed out that "elements" of the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index type ATU 565 appear here. Other tales of this type are Sweet Porridge and Why the Sea Is Salt -- Why the Sea Is Salt also using it as an explanatory legend. (en)
  • Mãe Água é um de conto de fadas chinês, coletadas por em Contos da China. Não existe numa altura inicial da escrita chinesa, apesar do culto à Mãe de Água, existir desde a dinastia Song. (pt)
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  • Mãe Água (pt)
  • The Water Mother (en)
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