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.
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See the combined story Striga and Fons which mixes elements of this narrative with elements of the Striga story.
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| Fons appears in the following versions and secondary versions
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| Fons is narrated in the following occurrences
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| Fons appears in the following manuscripts
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