Water of Life

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:27 pm

I cannot find where I mentioned this magical spring of Life Water here, but since I am waiting for a phone call I thought I would share some details in a new topic. Natasha will likely come along and correct me or provide more information since I do not know that much lore or fairytaling type stuff. I just know where to find one of these Springs. While it's not quite what we read in the tales, it is nothing short of fucking amazingly miraculous. Maybe if you're God or a powerful dragon you know where the really powerful mojo can be found.... either road, two tales come to mind.

There are two folktales that come immediately to mind. The first is called The Magic Shirt. The Water of Life actually plays small part in this tale about a, uh, magic shirt and a helpful dragon who uses some of this water to restore life to a guy that was chopped into pieces. The dragon probably took water from the spring for such sad days.

Another story is called Right and Wrong which revolves around a nice guy having his eyes gouged out by a wicked guy; the nice guy prays to God who tells how how to find a Life Spring - in which he must wash his body and eyes and he will see again - and an oak tree to hide in for during the night the devils come together and reveal their secrets to one another. He uses information learned there to exorcise one of the devils from a princess who no one else in the land could help, so he becomes ultrarich upon marrying her. He wants to visit his family and along the road he meets the guy that gouged out his eyes. He is so nice that he tells the wretch where to find the Spring and how to find the oak. The wretch does all this but the devils hear him in the tree and they pull down and viciously tear him asunder.

GhostSpider · Post by **GhostSpider** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:27 pm

He is so nice that he tells the wretch where to find the Spring and how to find the oak. The wretch does all this but the devils hear him in the tree and they pull down and viciously tear him asunder.

Hehehehe

Thats as good an ending as anyone can ask for. :lol:

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:41 pm

It's pretty simple why I remember these stories.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:15 pm

When we were kids back on the compound we used to tell each other stories that the lake in the woods near the place had magic waters, swimming in them made you braver and stronger than anyone else.

I think that's just because the water only stayed a couple of degrees above freezing even in the height of summer and you had to be pretty damn brave to jump in.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:44 pm

That sounds like instahypothermia to me.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:50 pm

It wasn't so bad provided you were prepared for it - of course you could psyche yourself out easily too.

A couple of my cousins have a fear of water.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:51 pm

Anyone every give a reason why it was constantly so cold?

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:56 pm

Nope . . . nothing

Though it didn't get much colder in winter - it'd freeze over, but most the lakes of that size in that area froze solid.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:59 pm

Strange.

I never heard anything like this before. Fascinating.

Natasha says that if you charge up cold, non-moving water like a lake with P.P.E. it can act like a capacity in electronics.. it'll sort of hold the "charge" for a bit. Moving water acts like an eraser of mystic energy which is why vampires and other mystical creatures cannot cross through it.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:01 pm

Interesting explanaion.

Natasha · Post by **Natasha** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:03 am

Ron Caliburn wrote:Interesting explanaion.

It is not the full explanation, or even 100% accurate one. But I do not socialise it very much because I am not sure Dr. Lazlo would agree with me. On the other hand, he's been out of the game for a while now; discoveries have been made. It is not a radical departure from anything he knew or wrote about, but, still, I would like to have a few more verifications from peers and what not before I start getting into the nitty gritty details of the theory or whatever it is that I have.