Well
The well is symbolic of the female WOMB, as they
are passages into MOTHER EARTH;
they are often holy, and frequently appear in FAIRY
TALES and dreams as places of penetration into the unknown worlds of
the unconscious, of what is hidden and, in everyday life, inaccessible;
wells are associated with the symbolic notions of the cleansing bath, drinking
from the sources of life, and quenching our thirst for higher
knowledge (Biederman, 378). A closed well is a mark of virginity, and a
stream leading into a well is a symbol of the union of male and female.
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