The Fountain
A prince travels to a nearby kingdom to be wed, accompanied by a wicked advisor. On the journey, they come to a great desert, in the middle of which is a magical spring. The advisor knows that this spring transforms any men who drink from it into women, so he stays back while the prince drinks, then returns to the king's court and reports that the prince has been killed by a lion. The prince is gravely distressed by his transformation, and wanders in the desert until he meets a someone (a man, or a djinn) who offers to help him. He is transformed back into a man, and marries his bride.
Fons appears in the following versions and secondary versions
Fons is narrated in the following occurrences
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Andreopoulos Syntipas, Arabic Version A1001 (Thousand and One Nights), Arabic Version A101 (Hundred and One Nights), Berlin Staatsbibliothek Sprenger 1368, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3660, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3662, Greek Syntipas, Leiden Universiteit Or. 14.303, Libro de los Engaños, Madrid Real Academia Española 'El Conde Lucanor', Ms. 15, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France Arabe 3639, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3660, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3661, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3662, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3670, Persian Sindbadnama, Post-Byzantine Version, Reworking, Syntipas, Syriac Sindban, Toronto Aga Khan Museum 00513, Tunis Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie, MWT 04576, Zahiri al Samarqandi, Sindbadnama
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Fons appears in the following manuscripts