bound-to-specific-body-of-water
behavioral
Figures bearing this motif (8)
Rainbow Serpent · salience 0.9
“it is generally depicted as dwelling permanently in deep, permanent waterholes, from which it is said to emerge in wet-season storms.”
Ninki Nanka · salience 0.85
“It is consistently tied to specific bodies of water, particularly hard-to-reach swamps and river bends said to be avoided by local people, and in some tellings it is described as amphibious, capable of moving between water and land.”
Nymphs · salience 0.85
“Nymphs are the spirits of particular places in Greek tradition, and the particularity matters: a nymph belongs to this spring, this tree, this mountain, and the classes are named accordingly — those of the hills, of fresh water, of trees, of the sea, and others.”
Excalibur · salience 0.8
“The lake-sword episode gives the weapon a more active otherworldly guardian: an arm rises from the water holding the sword, and the Lady of the Lake permits Arthur to take it in exchange for an unspecified future favor, with a scabbard granted alongside it that is said to prevent its wearer from losing blood — later stolen by Morgan le Fay, removing that protection.”
Jorōgumo · salience 0.7
“Across variant accounts, the Jorōgumo is consistently tied to water and secluded, quiet places such as waterfalls, old buildings, or forest pools, and her victims are typically depicted as solitary men who wander too close to her hidden domain.”
O Goncho · salience 0.7
“O Goncho is a dragon associated with a pond in Japanese tradition, white in its serpent form and dwelling in the water.”
Tarbh Uisge · salience 0.7
“The descriptions are consistent and strange: all black, without ears, with a coat of soft, velvety appearance; it is nocturnal, haunting lochans such as those under the Tarmachan mountains, and its call is likened not to a bull's bellow but to the crowing of a rooster.”