Animate Water

(Spell Compendium, page 13, DnD 3.5)

Transmutation[Water]

Level: ; Druid 1
Components:
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels
Target: Cube of water up to 5 ft. on a side

_You indicate a patch of water with a hand shaking from pent-up divine spell power, and the liquid rises into a vaguely humanoid shape.

This spell functions like animate fire, but you can instead animate a quantity of water of at least 4 cubic feet into a Small water elemental (MM 100).

Material Component: A vial of pure spring water mixed with cinnabar oil.