Comparative mythology corpus

Water As Boundary Against Hostile Beings

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Buddhist The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India THE BOLD BEGGAR / THE JACKAL WOULD A-WOOING GO / THE LION AND THE BOAR / THE GOBLIN CITY; lines 2358-2435 high The captain fears they cannot fight goblins; he thinks they could escape by ship because goblins hate water, but the ship is gone. record