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The mythological White Hare from Chinese mythology, brewing the elixir of life on the Moon. The elixir of life (Medieval Latin: elixir vitae), also known as elixir of immortality, is a potion that supposedly grants the drinker eternal life and/or eternal youth. This elixir was also said to cure all diseases.
The Fountain of Youth is a mythical spring which supposedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. Tales of such a fountain have been recounted around the world for thousands of years, appearing in the writings of Herodotus (5th century BC), in the Alexander Romance (3rd century AD), and in the stories of Prester John (early Crusades, 11th/12th centuries AD).
The fountain is on the site of a spring known as Walton Well [1] (aka Bruman's or Brumman's Well) [2] [3] Previously, a stone trough was available before the drinking fountain was erected in 1885 by an Oxford Alderman, William Ward. [4] At the location of the spring, there is now a drinking fountain in the road, with a plaque dated 1885. [2]
Dr. Heidegger, an eccentric aged scientist, invites four elderly friends (Mr. Medbourne, a destitute man, who was a merchant in his youth but had squandered his wealth in wrong investments; Colonel Kiligrew, an elderly ailing man who had indulged himself in ‘sinful pleasures’; Mr. Gascoigne, a forgotten politician who displayed hypocrisy throughout his career; and the Widow Wycherley, a ...
The fountain of youth may be a myth, but a group of researchers believe they have found the solution to growing old. They want to test a pill that could ultimately delay deadly diseases and aging ...
"A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. In this episode, a scientist gives his brother an experimental youth serum in order to save his marriage to a much younger woman. The episode's title refers to the mythical Fountain of Youth.
Using the pump in 2022. Due to the pump's popularity its water is tested regularly by the Forest Preserve authorities, who say it is safe to drink. [9] The pump's water is drawn from a natural aquifer 31–85 feet (9.4–25.9 m) deep and is untreated.
The reference to Water of Life in Revelation 21:6 appears in the context of New Jerusalem and states: "I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely". Revelation 22:1 then states: "And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb".