Comparative mythology corpus

Life Giving Water As Perilous Attraction

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Sufi The Persian Mystics: Jámí MIRROR AND FACE / THE COMING OF THE BELOVED / THE WAYS OF LOVE / THE BEAUTY OF ZULAIKHA; lines 1490-1513 high Her chin is described as a silver well containing the Water of Life; a thirsty sage approaching it would feel spray, but if he came nearer his soul would be lost, since it is both a well and a whirlpool. record