Comparative mythology corpus

Sacred Waters and Passage Through Water

265 tagged occurrences across 19 traditions.

Water as boundary, purifier, destroyer, and medium of transformation. Includes baptismal waters, parted seas, rivers of the underworld, and the primordial waters before creation.

265total occurrences

165child motifs

19traditions present

900 BCE to 1849 CEknown era range

Strongest Child Motifs

Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters 99 Heavenly Water As Purification And Strengthening 2 Transformative Waters 2 Boundary River Before Divine Dwelling 1 Broken Treasure Enriches The Waters 1 Cleansing And Healing Bath Vapors 1 Control And Removal Of Water As Retaliation 1 Despair At Water Before Rescue 1 Divine And Elemental Navigation Through Rapids 1 Divine Mercy Expressed Through Water After Despair 1

Densest Traditions

Roman 45 Hindu 33 Islamic 33 Greek 32 Celtic Irish 22 Finnish/Karelian 15 Sufi 15 Greek/Roman 14

Reading Note

These counts are generated from tagged extraction evidence. Similarity means structural or thematic recurrence unless a source record explicitly supports historical contact.

Child Motifs

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Child Motif	Relationship	Occurrences	Traditions
Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	mapped	99	14
Heavenly Water As Purification And Strengthening	symbolic_variant	2	1
Transformative Waters	symbolic_variant	2	1
Boundary River Before Divine Dwelling	symbolic_variant	1	1
Broken Treasure Enriches The Waters	uncertain	1	1
Cleansing And Healing Bath Vapors	ritual_variant	1	1
Control And Removal Of Water As Retaliation	functional_variant	1	1
Despair At Water Before Rescue	functional_variant	1	1
Divine And Elemental Navigation Through Rapids	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Mercy Expressed Through Water After Despair	symbolic_variant	1	1
Endless Life Giving Water From An Undying Source	symbolic_variant	1	1
Failed Water Remedy For Enchantment Or Affliction	ritual_variant	1	1
Feared Personified Sea Powers	symbolic_variant	1	1
Healing Water And Restoration Of The Afflicted Righteous Person	ritual_variant	1	1
Healing Water That Restores Battle Wounds	functional_variant	1	1
Heavenly Water Producing Abundance	symbolic_variant	1	1
Hero Contending With Rivers	functional_variant	1	1
Hero Rescues Royal Pair From Perilous Crossing	functional_variant	1	1
Holy Water Confers Sacred Status	ritual_variant	1	1
Holy Water Drunk, Transported, And Revered	ritual_variant	1	1
Liberation Passage Through Water	functional_variant	1	1
Life Giving Water	symbolic_variant	1	1
Life Giving Water From Heaven	symbolic_variant	1	1
Life Restoring Water Associated With Heart	functional_variant	1	1
Magic Obstacle Raised From Water During Pursuit	functional_variant	1	1
Medicinal Or Restorative Bath For The Injured Hero	functional_variant	1	1
Miraculous Water From A Rock	functional_variant	1	1
Miraculous Water From Stone For Twelve Tribes	over_specific_label	1	1
Mistaken Charm Affecting River Rise	uncertain	1	1
Nature Beings Presiding Over Water Places	role_variant	1	1
Origin Of A Lake Or Flood Hollow Through Struggle With Water Beings	functional_variant	1	1
Paradisal Spring As Spiritual Nourishment	symbolic_variant	1	1
Pleasant Paradisal Waters	symbolic_variant	1	1
Pure Water As Emblem Of Divine Virtue	symbolic_variant	1	1
Purification Or Removal By Water	ritual_variant	1	1
Purifying Sacred River	ritual_variant	1	1
Rain Produced By Disturbing Sacred Water	ritual_variant	1	1
Ritual Purification At Clear Water	ritual_variant	1	1
Ritualized Water Act Brings Storm And Transformation	functional_variant	1	1
River Divinities As Namesakes And Kin Of Rivers	symbolic_variant	1	1
Rivers Personified As Social And Grieving Beings	symbolic_variant	1	1
Sacred Fountain Created By Hoof Strike	child	1	1
Sacred Spring Created By Weapon Stroke	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred Water Used In Ritual Fasting	ritual_variant	1	1
Sacred Waters And Ritual Transition	ritual_variant	1	1
Supernatural Aging By Water	functional_variant	1	1
Supernatural Helper At Boundary Water	functional_variant	1	1
Water Arising Or Acting As Agent Of Fate	symbolic_variant	1	1
Water As Provision And Punishment	symbolic_variant	1	1
Water As Survival In A Barren Crossing	functional_variant	1	1
Water As The Immediate Object Of Life Saving Desire	symbolic_variant	1	1
Waters Altered By Nymphs	symbolic_variant	1	1
Waters Withdrawn Through An Underground Channel	uncertain	1	1
Worship Of Life Giving Water Powers	symbolic_variant	1	1
Youth Drawn Beneath Spring Waters By A Nymph	functional_variant	1	1
Ablution With Old Garments Carried Away By Water	ritual_variant	1	1
Army Encamped At Liminal Shore	narrower_than	1	1
Baptismal Identity Marker	ritual_variant	1	1
Battle With Sea Waves	functional_variant	1	1
Boundary Landscape Of Hot And Cold Waters	symbolic_variant	1	1
Castaway Survives By Clinging To Floating Wood And Reaching Land	functional_variant	1	1
Cleansing Pollution By Diverted Rivers	ritual_variant	1	1
Concentric Cosmic Waters Surrounding Worlds	symbolic_variant	1	1
Conflict Over Access To Water	functional_variant	1	1
Contest By Ships On Water	over_specific_label	1	1
Crossing Water After Abduction	functional_variant	1	1
Crossing Water By Constructed Raft	functional_variant	1	1
Dangerous River Crossing Delayed By Divine Host	functional_variant	1	1
Dangerous River Ordeal Followed By Vulnerability	functional_variant	1	1
Dangerous Water Boundary	symbolic_variant	1	1
Deliverance Through Water	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Aid In Surviving Dangerous Waters	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Command Over Retreating Waters	symbolic_variant	1	1
Divine Mercy As Measured Rain Or Trickling Water	symbolic_variant	1	1
Divine Mercy Figured As An Ocean	symbolic_variant	1	1
Divine Opposition During Sea Ordeal	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Or Celestial Intervention Creates A Protective Water Barrier	functional_variant	1	1
Divine Or Supernatural River Opposition To Hero	functional_variant	1	1
Encounter Threshold At Palace Well	symbolic_variant	1	1
Extraordinary Woman Able To Cross Mighty Seas	functional_variant	1	1
Fall From The Sky Into Water	symbolic_variant	1	1
Fatal Mistake At The Water Source	functional_variant	1	1
Fatal Sea Storm And Shipwreck	functional_variant	1	1
Giant Like Fall Into Watery Depths	functional_variant	1	1
Healing From A Well	ritual_variant	1	1
Healing Water Brought From The Earth By A Commanded Gesture	functional_variant	1	1
Healing Waters Empowered By Divine Beings	functional_variant	1	1
Healing Well Restores Wounded Warrior	functional_variant	1	1
Hidden Water Released From Beneath Stone	symbolic_variant	1	1
Holy Water From Saintly Body	uncertain	1	1
Hostile Water Crossing Caused By A Giantess	functional_variant	1	1
Impossible Sea Crossing Challenged By Heroic Army	functional_variant	1	1
Inexhaustible Ocean As Figure Of The Infinite	symbolic_variant	1	1
Life From Water	symbolic_variant	1	1
Life Or Passage Figured As Water And Wind	symbolic_variant	1	1
Life Giving Heavenly Water	symbolic_variant	1	1
Life Giving Water As Perilous Attraction	symbolic_variant	1	1
Life Preserving Water Threatened By Deception	uncertain	1	1
Life Sustaining Water Sought In A Desert City	functional_variant	1	1
Magical Inexhaustible Water	symbolic_variant	1	1
Magical Lake With Rule Bound Fishing	ritual_variant	1	1
Magical Transport Over Sea As Over Land	functional_variant	1	1
Magical Travel Across Waters	functional_variant	1	1
Miraculous Deliverance Through Divided Waters	functional_variant	1	1
Miraculous Division Of Flood Waters And Rescue Road	functional_variant	1	1
Miraculous Passage Over Water	functional_variant	1	1
Miraculous Spring Created By Winged Steed	symbolic_variant	1	1
Mission Across Water Land Boundary	functional_variant	1	1
Mixing Pure Water With Ocean Streams	symbolic_variant	1	1
Mourning Purification At River	ritual_variant	1	1
Ocean As Obstacle Confronted By Threat	functional_variant	1	1
Partial Invulnerability From Sacred Water	functional_variant	1	1
Passage Through Waters	child	1	1
Personification Of Sea Phenomena	symbolic_variant	1	1
Personified Maritime Hazards	symbolic_variant	1	1
Purification By Sacred River Water	ritual_variant	1	1
Purification By Washing And Embodied Removal	ritual_variant	1	1
Purification With Water Before Public Declaration	ritual_variant	1	1
Purifying Sacred Water Image	symbolic_variant	1	1
Purifying Sacred Waters Along The Route	ritual_variant	1	1
Ritual Image Cast Into Water	ritual_variant	1	1
Ritual Purification By Salted Water	ritual_variant	1	1
Ritual Reenactment Of Hagar Seeking Water	ritual_variant	1	1
Ritual Like Purification In Spring Or River	ritual_variant	1	1
Ritually Or Magically Potent River Water	symbolic_variant	1	1
River As Marker Of Homeland And Battlefield Death	symbolic_variant	1	1
River Boundary Of Ordeal	functional_variant	1	1
River Crossing Aided By Powerful Helper	functional_variant	1	1
River Crossing As Collective Transition	functional_variant	1	1
River Disappearance And Re Emergence	symbolic_variant	1	1
River Personified As Divine Or Ancestral Daughter	symbolic_variant	1	1
Sacred Arrival By Sea And River	functional_variant	1	1
Sacred Bathing In Natural Waters	ritual_variant	1	1
Sacred Hidden Waterway Beneath The Sea	narrower_than	1	1
Sacred Or Mythically Associated Water	broader_label	1	1
Sacred Three World River	symbolic_variant	1	1
Sacred Water As Purifier And Birth Source	symbolic_variant	1	1
Sacred Waters At Lake Source And River Confluence	symbolic_variant	1	1
Sacred Waters From Divine Source	symbolic_variant	1	1
Sacred Waters Gathered For Consecration	ritual_variant	1	1
Safe Passage By Boat	functional_variant	1	1
Sea Crossing Or Sea Draining Invasion	functional_variant	1	1
Shipwreck Survivor Clings To Remnant Of Vessel	functional_variant	1	1
Storm Shipwreck Followed By Survival In Open Water	functional_variant	1	1
Storm Tossed Survivor On A Fragile Vessel	functional_variant	1	1
Sunken Cities Beneath The Waves	symbolic_variant	1	1
Supernatural Flood As Weapon	functional_variant	1	1
Supplication To A River Deity For Refuge	ritual_variant	1	1
Swollen River As Impassable Barrier And Trial	functional_variant	1	1
Tree Used As Emergency Crossing From Flood	functional_variant	1	1
Water As Boundary Against Hostile Beings	functional_variant	1	1
Water As Image Of Changeability	symbolic_variant	1	1
Water As Intended Death Place And Hiding Place	uncertain	1	1
Water Barrier Halts Pursuit While Magician Escapes	functional_variant	1	1
Water Boundary Crossed By An Outsider	functional_variant	1	1
Water Creates Paradise Garden From Desert	symbolic_variant	1	1
Water Erases Memorial	symbolic_variant	1	1
Water Or River Encounter	broader_label	1	1
Water Released From A Split Tree	uncertain	1	1
Water Associated Sacred Or Mythic Imagery	broader_label	1	1
Water Borne Escape After Battle	functional_variant	1	1
Water Drawing Rescue From A Well	uncertain	1	1
Water Linked Disappearance Or Death By Wind And Sea	functional_variant	1	1
Withdrawal Into Water In Grief	uncertain	1	1
World Encircling Cosmic Water	symbolic_variant	1	1

Tradition Frequency

Relative bars compare traditions inside this family.

Roman 45 Hindu 33 Islamic 33 Greek 32 Celtic Irish 22 Finnish/Karelian 15 Sufi 15 Greek/Roman 14 Norse 11 Buddhist 10 Comparative 9 Japanese 7 Islamicate Folklore 6 Indigenous Australian 4 Celtic Welsh 3 Daoist 3 Ainu 1 Biblical 1 Persian 1

How Each Tradition Tells It

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Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

45 occurrences

In Roman, this family appears through Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters (23), Transformative Waters (2), Rivers Personified As Social And Grieving Beings (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII and The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV. This is a deterministic summary of 45 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 6150-6229	medium	Giant Like Fall Into Watery Depths	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 6231-6312	high	Water Borne Escape After Battle	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8514-8595	medium	Withdrawal Into Water In Grief	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 2843-2858	high	Contest By Ships On Water	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6835-6903	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY / BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING; lines 1916-1995	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY / BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING; lines 2069-2122	high	Sacred Hidden Waterway Beneath The Sea	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY / BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER; lines 5518-5602	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4862-4943	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Aeneid of Virgil	BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7534-7584	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4913-5002	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11350-11455	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11350-11455	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11350-11455	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11572-11581	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4522-4606	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8008-8099	high	Miraculous Spring Created By Winged Steed	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3174-3264	high	Fall From The Sky Into Water	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10625-10637	medium	Water Linked Disappearance Or Death By Wind And Sea	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11895-11971	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1463-1562	high	Divine Command Over Retreating Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2098-2203	high	Rivers Personified As Social And Grieving Beings	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2389-2453	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2496-2600	medium	River Boundary Of Ordeal	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4146-4217	medium	Crossing Water After Abduction	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5030-5135	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6855-6931	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7081-7175	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7298-7393	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 13378-13486	medium	Sacred Arrival By Sea And River	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9935-10029	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8398-8452	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	BOOK XI. / BOOK XII. / BOOK XIII. / BOOK XIV.; lines 373-392	high	Waters Altered By Nymphs	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5878-5963	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5965-6001	high	Ritual Like Purification In Spring Or River	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12389-12472	high	River Disappearance And Re Emergence	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12389-12472	high	Sunken Cities Beneath The Waves	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12389-12472	high	Transformative Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12667-12779	high	Transformative Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9401-9443	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH.; lines 2152-2232	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11508-11560	high	Purification By Sacred River Water	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1461-1546	medium	Dangerous River Crossing Delayed By Divine Host	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6762-6840	high	Fatal Sea Storm And Shipwreck	record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV	EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7178-7276	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record

Hindu

How This Tradition Tells It

33 occurrences

In Hindu, this family appears through Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters (10), Purifying Sacred River (1), Ritual Purification At Clear Water (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki. This is a deterministic summary of 33 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Ramayan of Valmiki	CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE.; lines 57839-57896	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	CONTENTS / INVOCATION.(1) / BOOK I.(6) / OM.(8); lines 993-1155	high	Ritual Purification At Clear Water	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto CIII. The Funeral Libation. / Canto CIV. The Meeting With The Queens. / Canto CIX. The Praises Of Truth. / Canto CXI. Counsel To Bharat.; lines 25181-25308	high	Purification With Water Before Public Declaration	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto CXXI. Dasaratha. / Canto CXXIII. The Magic Car. / Canto CXXIV. The Departure. / Canto CXXV. The Return.; lines 56522-56608	medium	Purifying Sacred Waters Along The Route	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto I. The Heir Apparent. / Canto VI. The City Decorated. / Canto IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations.; lines 12084-12187	high	Sacred Waters Gathered For Consecration	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LVIII. The Feast Of Honey. / Canto LXV. The Tidings. / BOOK VI.(895) / Canto IV. The March.; lines 48460-48585	medium	Army Encamped At Liminal Shore	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LVIII. The Feast Of Honey. / Canto LXV. The Tidings. / BOOK VI.(895) / Canto IV. The March.; lines 48588-48746	high	Sea Crossing Or Sea Draining Invasion	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXV. The Tidings. / BOOK VI.(895) / Canto IV. The March. / Canto XI. The Summons.; lines 48931-49085	medium	Impossible Sea Crossing Challenged By Heroic Army	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXV. The Tidings. / BOOK VI.(895) / Canto IV. The March. / Canto XI. The Summons.; lines 49449-49611	medium	Water Boundary Crossed By An Outsider	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXVII. The Praise Of Kings. / Canto LXVIII. The Envoys. / Canto LXXV. The Abjuration. / Canto LXXVI. The Funeral.; lines 21019-21132	high	Mourning Purification At River	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXXXI. The Assembly. / Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat.; lines 22352-22413	high	River Crossing As Collective Transition	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage.; lines 22780-22932	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage.; lines 23206-23349	high	Sacred Bathing In Natural Waters	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XC. The Hermitage. / Canto XCVIII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto C. The Meeting. / Canto CI. Bharata Questioned.; lines 23974-24121	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52409-52579	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha.; lines 36743-36860	medium	Sacred Waters And Ritual Transition	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XV. The Nectar. / Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes. / Canto XXIV. The Spells. / Canto XXV. The Hermitage Of Love.; lines 4081-4216	high	Sacred Waters From Divine Source	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXVIII. The Chieftains. / Canto XXXI. The Magic Head.; lines 51281-51416	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXIX. The Celestial Arms. / Canto XXXI. The Perfect Hermitage. / Canto XXXIII. The Sone. / Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta.; lines 5320-5394	high	Purifying Sacred River	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers.; lines 18075-18216	high	Crossing Water By Constructed Raft	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta. / Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. / Canto XLI. Kapil.; lines 6063-6131	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta. / Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. / Canto XLI. Kapil.; lines 6063-6131	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. / Canto XLI. Kapil. / Canto XLV. The Quest Of The Amrit.; lines 6134-6289	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers. / Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled.; lines 19233-19377	high	Fatal Mistake At The Water Source	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 61975-62090	medium	Sacred Water As Purifier And Birth Source	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 62696-62815	medium	Sacred Three World River	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 62696-62815	medium	Sacred Waters At Lake Source And River Confluence	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 62817-62940	medium	River Personified As Divine Or Ancestral Daughter	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 62942-63076	high	Concentric Cosmic Waters Surrounding Worlds	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 60064-60122	low	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426.; lines 63848-64027	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	The Ramayan of Valmiki / CONTENTS / INVOCATION.(1); lines 661-687	high	Purifying Sacred Water Image	record
The Ramayan of Valmiki	The Ramayan of Valmiki / CONTENTS; lines 476-658	medium	Ocean As Obstacle Confronted By Threat	record

Islamic

How This Tradition Tells It

33 occurrences

In Islamic, this family appears through Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters (11), Heavenly Water As Purification And Strengthening (2), Divine Mercy Expressed Through Water After Despair (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Koran (Al-Qur'an). This is a deterministic summary of 33 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1026-1112	high	Life Sustaining Water Sought In A Desert City	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1514-1566	high	Baptismal Identity Marker	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 2037-2091	medium	Mistaken Charm Affecting River Rise	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER I. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 9086-9157	medium	Miraculous Water From A Rock	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 11721-11782	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 13786-13838	medium	Miraculous Deliverance Through Divided Waters	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER LX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 35949-36032	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 15208-15287	high	Heavenly Water Producing Abundance	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER VI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VII / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 16587-16682	high	Deliverance Through Water	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER VI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VII / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 16855-16924	medium	Miraculous Water From Stone For Twelve Tribes	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER VII / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 17237-17336	high	Heavenly Water As Purification And Strengthening	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20236-20305	high	Water Drawing Rescue From A Well	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XLI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XLII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 32737-32811	medium	Divine Mercy Expressed Through Water After Despair	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 21763-21861	medium	Life Giving Heavenly Water	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 23869-23958	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28143-28208	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	ENTITLED, THE RESURRECTION; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 37597-37624	medium	Pleasant Paradisal Waters	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXVIII. / ENTITLED, S.; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 31490-31585	high	Healing Water Brought From The Earth By A Commanded Gesture	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / FINIS / AN INDEX / OF THE; lines 39848-39924	medium	Liberation Passage Through Water	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 10502-10646	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 12642-12768	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 12642-12768	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 19679-19788	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 20575-20701	high	Heavenly Water As Purification And Strengthening	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 24584-24720	high	Life Giving Water From Heaven	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 6656-6879	medium	Water As Provision And Punishment	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7240-7394	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7693-7858	high	Healing Water And Restoration Of The Afflicted Righteous Person	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 8862-9028	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 8862-9028	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 9195-9356	high	Life From Water	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5733-5786	high	Holy Water Drunk, Transported, And Revered	record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)	SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5789-5841	high	Ritual Reenactment Of Hagar Seeking Water	record

Greek

How This Tradition Tells It

32 occurrences

In Greek, this family appears through Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters (13), Hero Contending With Rivers (1), Boundary Landscape Of Hot And Cold Waters (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Iliad and The Odyssey. This is a deterministic summary of 32 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Aesop's Fables; a new translation	THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS / THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING / THE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREE / THE LION AND THE BOAR; lines 2168-2179	medium	Conflict Over Access To Water	record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation	THE LION, THE WOLF, AND THE FOX / HERCULES AND PLUTUS / THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD / THE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOG; lines 4939-4961	medium	Dangerous River Ordeal Followed By Vulnerability	record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation	THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN / THE MISTRESS AND HER SERVANTS / THE GOODS AND THE ILLS / THE HARES AND THE FROGS; lines 1323-1339	medium	Water As Intended Death Place And Hiding Place	record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation	THE WITCH / THE OLD MAN AND DEATH / THE MISER / THE FOXES AND THE RIVER; lines 5029-5043	medium	Dangerous Water Boundary	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE / THE MELAMPODIA / AEGIMIUS; lines 4977-5022	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	THE MELAMPODIA / AEGIMIUS / FRAGMENTS OF UNKNOWN POSITION / DOUBTFUL FRAGMENTS; lines 5107-5140	medium	Mixing Pure Water With Ocean Streams	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701 / II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES; lines 4706-4757	medium	Water Erases Memorial	record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	XXXIII. TO THE DIOSCURI / HOMERS EPIGRAMS2601 / FRAGMENTS OF THE EPIC CYCLE / THE WAR OF THE TITANS; lines 7586-7621	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica	XXXIII. TO THE DIOSCURI / HOMERS EPIGRAMS2601 / FRAGMENTS OF THE EPIC CYCLE / THE WAR OF THE TITANS; lines 7586-7621	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Iliad	ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20363-20504	medium	Boundary Landscape Of Hot And Cold Waters	record
The Iliad	ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 19417-19552	medium	Divine Or Supernatural River Opposition To Hero	record
The Iliad	ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 19693-19817	medium	Tree Used As Emergency Crossing From Flood	record
The Iliad	CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1471-1552	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Iliad	THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 5684-5812	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Iliad	THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK II. / ARGUMENT. / THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES.; lines 4060-4164	medium	River As Marker Of Homeland And Battlefield Death	record
The Iliad	THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 23698-23815	high	Partial Invulnerability From Sacred Water	record
The Iliad	THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 23698-23815	high	Ritual Purification By Salted Water	record
The Iliad	THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 23947-24048	medium	Ritually Or Magically Potent River Water	record
The Iliad	THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25077-25187	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Iliad	The Iliad / CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION.; lines 1079-1154	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Iliad	The Iliad / CONCLUDING NOTE.; lines 117-192	medium	Hero Contending With Rivers	record
The Odyssey	BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 1950-2039	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Odyssey	BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV / BOOK V; lines 2289-2384	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Odyssey	BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV / BOOK V; lines 2474-2559	high	Storm Tossed Survivor On A Fragile Vessel	record
The Odyssey	BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV / BOOK V; lines 2561-2653	high	Divine Opposition During Sea Ordeal	record
The Odyssey	BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV / BOOK V; lines 2561-2653	high	Supplication To A River Deity For Refuge	record
The Odyssey	BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV / BOOK V; lines 2655-2691	high	Divine Aid In Surviving Dangerous Waters	record
The Odyssey	BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 4783-4874	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Odyssey	BOOK XIII / ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS.; lines 6290-6372	high	Shipwreck Survivor Clings To Remnant Of Vessel	record
The Odyssey	BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 11059-11172	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Republic	BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 24483-24572	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Republic	The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 5857-5941	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record

Celtic Irish

How This Tradition Tells It

22 occurrences

In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters (7), Healing Water That Restores Battle Wounds (1), Medicinal Or Restorative Bath For The Injured Hero (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Gods and Fighting Men and Heroic Romances of Ireland. This is a deterministic summary of 22 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK SIX: DIARMUID. / CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID / CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE; lines 10725-10807	high	Supernatural Helper At Boundary Water	record
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK THREE: THE BATTLE OF THE WHITE STRAND. / CHAPTER I. THE ENEMIES OF IRELAND / CHAPTER II. CAEL AND CREDHE / CHAPTER III. CONN CRITHER; lines 7238-7298	high	Healing Water That Restores Battle Wounds	record
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN / CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH; lines 2303-2409	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Gods and Fighting Men	BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN / CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH; lines 2411-2509	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER I. THE ENEMIES OF IRELAND / CHAPTER II. CAEL AND CREDHE / CHAPTER III. CONN CRITHER / CHAPTER IV. GLAS, SON OF BREMEN; lines 7301-7359	high	Healing Well Restores Wounded Warrior	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1565-1661	high	Magical Transport Over Sea As Over Land	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS / CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS; lines 12677-12685	medium	Safe Passage By Boat	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S MOTHER. / CHAPTER V. THE BEST MEN OF THE FIANNA / BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS; lines 6557-6658	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU / CHAPTER V. AINE / CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN; lines 3388-3493	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER IX. MANANNAN AT PLAY / CHAPTER X. HIS CALL TO BRAN / CHAPTER XI. HIS THREE CALLS TO CORMAC / CHAPTER XII. CLIODNA'S WAVE; lines 4450-4532	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER V. AINE / CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN / CHAPTER VIII. MANANNAN; lines 3788-3890	medium	Water Arising Or Acting As Agent Of Fate	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS / CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING AND PEACE / CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN; lines 13088-13146	high	Water As Image Of Changeability	record
Gods and Fighting Men	CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN / CHAPTER XIII. FINN AND THE PHANTOMS / CHAPTER XIV. THE PIGS OF ANGUS / CHAPTER XV. THE HUNT OF SLIEVE CUILINN; lines 10196-10295	high	Supernatural Aging By Water	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3437-3584	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	GENERAL NOTES / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / PAGE 8 / PAGE 9; lines 6516-6568	high	Healing From A Well	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	PAGE 69 / PAGE 71 / PAGE 76 / PAGE 78; lines 7701-7749	medium	Battle With Sea Waves	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	PAGE 71 / PAGE 76 / PAGE 78 / PAGE 79; lines 7752-7782	medium	Extraordinary Woman Able To Cross Mighty Seas	record
Heroic Romances of Ireland	THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH / TAIN BO FRAICH / Part I / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 10095-10225	medium	Medicinal Or Restorative Bath For The Injured Hero	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	TAIN BO CUALNGE / WITH TWO PAGES IN FACSIMILE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS / MY MOTHER / CONTENTS; lines 106-191	low	Water Or River Encounter	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3943-4081	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM; lines 4622-4776	high	Swollen River As Impassable Barrier And Trial	record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge	XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11619-11812	high	Healing Waters Empowered By Divine Beings	record

Finnish/Karelian

How This Tradition Tells It

15 occurrences

In Finnish/Karelian, this family appears through Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters (9), Broken Treasure Enriches The Waters (1), Cleansing And Healing Bath Vapors (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland. This is a deterministic summary of 15 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 155-244	medium	Cleansing And Healing Bath Vapors	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 338-431	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	INTO ENGLISH / DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.; lines 72-152	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 15276-15453	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 16516-16685	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 16687-16864	high	Storm Shipwreck Followed By Survival In Open Water	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 20039-20220	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 20544-20736	high	Divine And Elemental Navigation Through Rapids	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 21885-22076	high	Broken Treasure Enriches The Waters	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 21885-22076	high	Magic Obstacle Raised From Water During Pursuit	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23032-23209	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23564-23746	low	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 24923-25115	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 10946-11134	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland	PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 3496-3685	medium	Magical Travel Across Waters	record

Sufi

How This Tradition Tells It

15 occurrences

In Sufi, this family appears through Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters (4), Endless Life Giving Water From An Undying Source (1), Life Giving Water (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mesnevi and Poems from the Divan of Hafiz. This is a deterministic summary of 15 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Mystics and Saints of Islam	APPENDIX I / MOHAMMEDAN CONVERSIONS / APPENDIX II / APPENDIX III; lines 5638-5700	high	Miraculous Passage Over Water	record
Mystics and Saints of Islam	CHAPTER II / CHAPTER III / RABIA, THE WOMAN SUFI / CHAPTER IV; lines 1219-1298	medium	Divine Mercy Figured As An Ocean	record
Mystics and Saints of Islam	CHAPTER XIV / JALALUDDIN RUMI / CHAPTER XV / CHAPTER XVI; lines 4896-4988	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz	NOTES / XVIII / XXIII / XXVIII; lines 3678-3763	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz	XVIII / XXIII / XXVII / XXVIII; lines 2337-2463	high	Life Giving Water	record
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz	XXXIX / XLIII / NOTES / XVIII; lines 3472-3550	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz	XXXVIII / XXXIX / XLIII / NOTES; lines 3107-3219	high	Water Creates Paradise Garden From Desert	record
The Mesnevi	CHAPTER VIII. / CHAPTER IX. / OF QONYA. / PREFACE.; lines 5302-5381	medium	Paradisal Spring As Spiritual Nourishment	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Mesnevi	OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 7247-7354	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Mesnevi	PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE. / VIII.; lines 10090-10188	medium	Divine Mercy As Measured Rain Or Trickling Water	record
The Mesnevi	THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 3767-3892	high	Holy Water From Saintly Body	record
The Mesnevi	XIII. / XVII. / THE END. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 15425-15637	medium	Sacred Water Used In Ritual Fasting	record
The Persian Mystics: Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí	THE BELOVED THE DIVINE CONSOLER / THE SEA OF LOVE / THE BEAUTY OF THE BELOVED / THE WATER OF ETERNAL LIFE; lines 1066-1079	high	Endless Life Giving Water From An Undying Source	record
The Persian Mystics: Jámí	MIRROR AND FACE / THE COMING OF THE BELOVED / THE WAYS OF LOVE / THE BEAUTY OF ZULAIKHA; lines 1490-1513	high	Life Giving Water As Perilous Attraction	record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam	XXIV. / XXVI. / XXVII. / XXVIII.; lines 2730-2771	high	Life Or Passage Figured As Water And Wind	record

Greek/Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

14 occurrences

In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters (6), Nature Beings Presiding Over Water Places (1), Sacred Fountain Created By Hoof Strike (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 14 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	CADMUS. / PERSEUS. / THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.; lines 7050-7143	high	Youth Drawn Beneath Spring Waters By A Nymph	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	DIANA. / HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN). / VULCAN. / POSEIDON (NEPTUNE).; lines 3296-3398	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	FORTUNA. / ANANKE (NECESSITAS). / MOMUS. / EROS (CUPID, AMOR) AND PSYCHE.; lines 4825-4914	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	GLAUCUS. / THETIS. / LEUCOTHEA. / THE SIRENS.; lines 3548-3566	high	Personified Maritime Hazards	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	HORAE (SEASONS). / THE NYMPHS. / WATER NYMPHS. / OCEANIDES, NEREIDES, AND NAIADES.; lines 5307-5329	high	Nature Beings Presiding Over Water Places	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	HORAE (SEASONS). / THE NYMPHS. / WATER NYMPHS. / OCEANIDES, NEREIDES, AND NAIADES.; lines 5307-5329	high	Worship Of Life Giving Water Powers	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	JUVENTAS. / GANYMEDES. / THE MUSES. / PEGASUS.; lines 5159-5187	high	Sacred Fountain Created By Hoof Strike	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	NEREUS. / PROTEUS. / GLAUCUS. / THETIS.; lines 3489-3545	high	Personification Of Sea Phenomena	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	OEDIPUS. / THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES. / THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE.; lines 9018-9107	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	POSEIDON (NEPTUNE). / NEPTUNE. / SEA DIVINITIES. / OCEANUS.; lines 3400-3425	high	World Encircling Cosmic Water	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	RHEA (OPS). / DIVISION OF THE WORLD. / THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN. / THIRD DYNASTY--OLYMPIAN DIVINITIES.; lines 986-1079	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 7785-7884	high	Cleansing Pollution By Diverted Rivers	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 8170-8264	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome	VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY). / MERCURY. / DIONYSUS (BACCHUS).; lines 4043-4125	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record

Norse

How This Tradition Tells It

11 occurrences

In Norse, this family appears through Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters (4), Boundary River Before Divine Dwelling (1), Feared Personified Sea Powers (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. This is a deterministic summary of 11 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 2942-3047	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 3171-3290	high	Hostile Water Crossing Caused By A Giantess	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER IX: FREY / CHAPTER X: FREYA / CHAPTER XI: ULLER / CHAPTER XII: FORSETI; lines 5368-5476	high	Holy Water Confers Sacred Status	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER IX: FREY / CHAPTER X: FREYA / CHAPTER XI: ULLER / CHAPTER XII: FORSETI; lines 5368-5476	high	Sacred Spring Created By Weapon Stroke	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL; lines 7085-7194	high	Feared Personified Sea Powers	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R.; lines 7196-7322	medium	River Divinities As Namesakes And Kin Of Rivers	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 11342-11475	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 11722-11843	high	Hero Rescues Royal Pair From Perilous Crossing	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12651-12759	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CONTENTS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING; lines 456-592	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas	CONTENTS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING; lines 594-736	medium	Boundary River Before Divine Dwelling	record

Buddhist

How This Tradition Tells It

10 occurrences

In Buddhist, this family appears through Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters (5), Water As Survival In A Barren Crossing (1), Hidden Water Released From Beneath Stone (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 and Jataka tales. This is a deterministic summary of 10 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES. / INDEX 339 / INTRODUCTION.; lines 874-988	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
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 7596-7698	high	Life Preserving Water Threatened By Deception	record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	THE DISTANT EPOCH. / GLORY BE TO THE BLESSED, THE HOLY, THE ALL-WISE ONE. / BOOK I. / END OF THE STORY ON HOLDING TO THE TRUTH.; lines 7876-7994	high	Water As Survival In A Barren Crossing	record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1	THE DISTANT EPOCH. / GLORY BE TO THE BLESSED, THE HOLY, THE ALL-WISE ONE. / BOOK I. / END OF THE STORY ON HOLDING TO THE TRUTH.; lines 7996-8036	medium	Hidden Water Released From Beneath Stone	record
Jataka tales	THE MERCHANT OF SERI / THE TURTLE WHO COULDN'T STOP TALKING / THE OX WHO WON THE FORFEIT / THE SANDY ROAD; lines 608-698	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Jataka tales	THE MERCHANT OF SERI / THE TURTLE WHO COULDN'T STOP TALKING / THE OX WHO WON THE FORFEIT / THE SANDY ROAD; lines 608-698	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Jataka tales	THE PRINCES AND THE WATER-SPRITE / THE KING'S WHITE ELEPHANT / THE OX WHO ENVIED THE PIG / GRANNY'S BLACKIE; lines 1426-1521	medium	River Crossing Aided By Powerful Helper	record
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	Water As Boundary Against Hostile Beings	record

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The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India	THE MONKEYS AND THE GARDENER / THE GOBLIN AND THE SNEEZE / THE GRATEFUL BEASTS AND THE UNGRATEFUL PRINCE / THE GOBLIN IN THE POOL; lines 1336-1394	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India	THE MONKEYS AND THE GARDENER / THE GOBLIN AND THE SNEEZE / THE GRATEFUL BEASTS AND THE UNGRATEFUL PRINCE / THE GOBLIN IN THE POOL; lines 1336-1394	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record

Comparative

How This Tradition Tells It

9 occurrences

In Comparative, this family appears through Life Restoring Water Associated With Heart (1), Purification Or Removal By Water (1), Rain Produced By Disturbing Sacred Water (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) and The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2). This is a deterministic summary of 9 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 10349-10471	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 11730-11849	medium	Ritual Image Cast Into Water	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 9057-9218	low	Sacred Or Mythically Associated Water	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)	PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 705-773	high	Rain Produced By Disturbing Sacred Water	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 3831-3911	high	Ablution With Old Garments Carried Away By Water	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 3913-3971	high	Purification By Washing And Embodied Removal	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 4349-4409	high	Purification Or Removal By Water	record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 6982-7037	high	Divine Or Celestial Intervention Creates A Protective Water Barrier	record

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Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)	The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 7039-7104	medium	Life Restoring Water Associated With Heart	record

Japanese

How This Tradition Tells It

7 occurrences

In Japanese, this family appears through Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters (2), Encounter Threshold At Palace Well (1), Miraculous Division Of Flood Waters And Rescue Road (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Japanese Fairy Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 7 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Japanese Fairy Tales	JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD; lines 983-1099	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER; lines 1413-1523	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER; lines 1413-1523	high	Water Barrier Halts Pursuit While Magician Escapes	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER; lines 4010-4103	medium	Encounter Threshold At Palace Well	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY; lines 4819-4939	high	Mission Across Water Land Boundary	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON / HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN; lines 7245-7362	high	Miraculous Division Of Flood Waters And Rescue Road	record
Japanese Fairy Tales	THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON / HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN; lines 7245-7362	high	Supernatural Flood As Weapon	record

Islamicate Folklore

How This Tradition Tells It

6 occurrences

In Islamicate Folklore, this family appears through Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters (2), Despair At Water Before Rescue (1), Castaway Survives By Clinging To Floating Wood And Reaching Land (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Arabian Nights Entertainments. This is a deterministic summary of 6 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 10618-10728	high	Magical Inexhaustible Water	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 1154-1279	high	Magical Lake With Rule Bound Fishing	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 3357-3443	high	Castaway Survives By Clinging To Floating Wood And Reaching Land	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4276-4375	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4377-4474	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments	The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 8269-8381	medium	Despair At Water Before Rescue	record

Indigenous Australian

How This Tradition Tells It

4 occurrences

In Indigenous Australian, this family appears through Control And Removal Of Water As Retaliation (1), Origin Of A Lake Or Flood Hollow Through Struggle With Water Beings (1), Waters Withdrawn Through An Underground Channel (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies	CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1443-1549	high	Water Released From A Split Tree	record
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies	CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1741-1837	high	Control And Removal Of Water As Retaliation	record
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies	CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 561-655	high	Origin Of A Lake Or Flood Hollow Through Struggle With Water Beings	record
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies	CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 561-655	high	Waters Withdrawn Through An Underground Channel	record

Celtic Welsh

How This Tradition Tells It

3 occurrences

In Celtic Welsh, this family appears through Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters (2), Ritualized Water Act Brings Storm And Transformation (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mabinogion. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Mabinogion	CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN; lines 626-711	high	Ritualized Water Act Brings Storm And Transformation	record
The Mabinogion	PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 8612-8701	high	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record
The Mabinogion	PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 9042-9221	medium	Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters	record

Daoist

How This Tradition Tells It

3 occurrences

In Daoist, this family appears through Pure Water As Emblem Of Divine Virtue (1), Inexhaustible Ocean As Figure Of The Infinite (1), Water Associated Sacred Or Mythic Imagery (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer	CHAPTER XI. / ON LETTING ALONE. / CHAPTER XII. / THE UNIVERSE.; lines 5424-5540	medium	Inexhaustible Ocean As Figure Of The Infinite	record
Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer	CHAPTER XIV. / THE CIRCLING SKY. / CHAPTER XV. / SELF-CONCEIT.; lines 6613-6755	high	Pure Water As Emblem Of Divine Virtue	record
Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer	THE OLD FISHERMAN. / CHAPTER XXXII. / CHAPTER XXXIII. / THE EMPIRE.; lines 15557-16014	low	Water Associated Sacred Or Mythic Imagery	record

Ainu

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Ainu, this family appears through Failed Water Remedy For Enchantment Or Affliction (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Aino Folk-Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Aino Folk-Tales	AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1907-2004	medium	Failed Water Remedy For Enchantment Or Affliction	record

Biblical

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Biblical, this family appears through Passage Through Waters (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Exodus. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
Exodus	Exodus 14:13-31	medium	Passage Through Waters	record

Persian

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Persian, this family appears through Water As The Immediate Object Of Life Saving Desire (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

Text	Line Range	Confidence	Child Motif	Extraction
The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan	XXXIX / XLVIII / CHAPTER III / XVIII; lines 2389-2497	medium	Water As The Immediate Object Of Life Saving Desire	record

Converges

Shared Structure

The strongest convergence is around Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters. These child motifs recur across several tradition clusters and give the family its shared structure.

Diverges

Local Emphasis

Comparative leans toward Life Restoring Water Associated With Heart; Hindu leans toward Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters; Islamic leans toward Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters; Celtic Irish leans toward Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters; Greek leans toward Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters; Norse leans toward Perilous Sea Passage Through Monstrous Waters.

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Reading Rule

structuralthematiccontact not inferred

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ca. 900-400 BCE

Pentateuch

Biblical - Ancient Israelite Torah composition and redaction - 1 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-300 BCE

The Upanishads

Hindu - Vedic and early philosophical Sanskrit tradition - 33 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-400 BCE

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 32 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-650 BCE

The Iliad

Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 32 tagged occurrences

ca. 300-100 BCE

Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses

Buddhist - Early Buddhist verse collection - 10 tagged occurrences

ca. 200 BCE-200 CE

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 33 tagged occurrences

ca. 610-632 CE

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Islamic - Early Islamic revelation corpus - 33 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling

Gods and Fighting Men

Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 22 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1270 CE

The Poetic Edda

Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 11 tagged occurrences

ca. 1100-1400 CE

The Mabinogion

Celtic Welsh - Medieval Welsh narrative and romance tradition - 3 tagged occurrences

1835-1849 CE compilation

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland

Finnish/Karelian - Finnish/Karelian oral-poetry epic compilation - 15 tagged occurrences

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Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal

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Pentateuch

The Upanishads

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

The Iliad

Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Gods and Fighting Men

The Poetic Edda

The Mabinogion

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland