water-guardianship
defensive
Figures wielding this power (6)
Mo'o · salience 0.9
“In Native Hawaiian tradition, mo'o are supernatural beings usually described as enormous lizards or dragon-like reptiles, sometimes many feet long, that dwell in and guard fresh water — springs, streams, taro patches, and especially fishponds (loko i'a), where their presence is traditionally understood as protecting the water source and the food supply it sustains.”
Redjal el Marja · salience 0.8
“The behavior recorded for them centers on an exchange: residents who drew on the canals and fountains were expected to propitiate the Redjal el Marja, chiefly by lighting candles at the water's edge, in order to keep the water flowing clean and to avoid giving offense.”
Mami Wata · salience 0.7
“In West and Central African folklore and its diaspora traditions, Mami Wata is a powerful water spirit, often depicted as a mermaid or serpent-charmer, who governs rivers and seas and can bring wealth, fertility, or ruin to those she favors or curses.”
Kolowisi
“One widely retold narrative, recorded among collected Zuni tales, describes a young woman devoted to washing and bathing at a sacred spring, whose repeated use of the water for ordinary purposes was said to anger the serpent who kept it.”
Chi Lung Wang
“He is a specialization of the dragon-king religion: under the dominion of Lung Wang, the great dragon from whom the earth's waters come, Chi Lung Wang holds the narrower portfolio of the water households use — the water in wells, buckets, and pipes that a household can actually reach when it needs it.”