Comparative mythology corpus

Desert Crossing Dependent On Guarded Water Supply

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Buddhist Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH. / GLORY BE TO THE BLESSED, THE HOLY, THE ALL-WISE ONE. / BOOK I.; lines 7700-7829 high The demon asks about the carts, identifies the heavy last cart as carrying water, tells the merchants to break the pots and pour the water away, and the foolish merchant does so without saving even a cupful. record