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Water of Life may refer to:
- The Fountain of Youth
- The Water of Life (Christianity), referred to in the Book of Revelation 22:1.
- The Water of Life (German fairy tale), a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (1823)
- The Water of Life (Spanish fairy tale), a Spanish fairy tale collected by D. Francisco de S. Maspous y Labros, in Cuentos Populars Catalans (1885)
- Water of Life (Dune), a fictional drug in Frank Herbert's Dune novels
- The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of Life, Russian fairy tale (1862)
- Aqua vitae, Latin for "water of life", meaning a concentrated solution of ethanol
- Uisce beatha, an early Irish whiskey, the root of the word "whiskey"
- Akvavit, a Scandinavian distilled drink
- Eau de vie, a French distilled drink
In Christianity the term "water of Life" ( hydōr zōēs) is used in the context of living water, specific references appearing in the Book of Revelation (21:6 and 22:1), as well as the Gospel of John. In these references, the term Water of Life refers to the Holy Spirit.
The passages that comprise John 4:10–26 are sometimes referred to as the Water of Life Discourse. These references in the Gospel of John are also interpreted as the Water of Life.
The term is also used when water is poured during Baptismal prayers, praying for the Holy Spirit, e.g., "Give it the power to become water of life".
Usage examples of "water of life".
Ishtar was sprinkled with the water of life and, conducted by Namtaru, again passed through the seven gates, recovering at each the adornment she had abandoned.
Then will they shed downward, in rain-spray, the water of life, even into the hollow places of my lap.
Finnegan, feeling the touch of the whiskey, the 'water of life,' sits up in his coffin and then climbs out to drink and dance with the mourners.
Gekko was sorrowful to have to refuse his friend with whom he had shared the pure water of life, but this thing could not be.