The Water of Life (German fairy tale)

The Water of Life
Folk tale
NameThe Water of Life
Aarne–Thompson groupingATU 551
CountryGermany
Published inGrimms' Fairy Tales
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"The Water of Life" (German: Das Wasser des Lebens) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 97.

It is Aarne-Thompson type 551.

John Francis Campbell noted it as a parallel of the Scottish fairy tale, The Brown Bear of the Green Glen.