Waters in Jewish Mythology

1 myth

Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Waters from across Jewish tradition.

What does Waters mean in Jewish mythology?

Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Waters from across Jewish tradition.

1 myth on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines waters, drawn from the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, Talmud, Kabbalah, and later Jewish literature. Each story below synthesizes primary sources into a single narrative; follow any myth to read it, and from there into the source passages behind it.

Parshat Bereshit 6 min

The Snowball, the Rebel Waters, and the Weeping Trees

A builder on a beam answers how the world was made, and the waters revolt, the trees grow proud, and God tears the deep apart with one finger.

CreationMidrashWatersTreesThrone Of GloryBereshit