Comparative mythology corpus

Escape From Whirlpool By Clinging To A Tree

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Greek The Odyssey BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88 / BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.; lines 5610-5710 high The south wind carries Ulysses back to Charybdis; at sunrise he reaches Scylla’s rock and the whirlpool, where he clings like a bat to a fig tree until his raft emerges, then drops to it and rows by hand. record