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Threshold Guardian

149 tagged occurrences across 15 traditions.

The figure who guards the boundary between worlds, states, or levels of reality. Must be confronted, appeased, or outwitted before passage is possible.

149total occurrences
150child motifs
15traditions present
800 BCE to 1849 CEknown era range
Strongest Child Motifs
Blinded Cannibal Monster Pursuing Escaped Voyagers 1 Blinding Of A One Eyed Cannibal Giant With Heated Spits 1 Cannibal Giant In A Castle Of Bones 1 Cannibal Monster’s Hidden Lair 1 Cave Encounter With A Monstrous Solitary Herdsman 1 Children Unwittingly Reveal A Concealed Entrance 1 Combat With Guardian And Guardian's Sons 1 Concealment By Blocking Travel And Communication 1 Dangerous Enchantment Overcome By Counter Music 1 Dangerous Island Inhabited By A Strangling Monster 1
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

Child MotifRelationshipOccurrencesTraditions
Blinded Cannibal Monster Pursuing Escaped Voyagers functional_variant 1 1
Blinding Of A One Eyed Cannibal Giant With Heated Spits functional_variant 1 1
Cannibal Giant In A Castle Of Bones uncertain 1 1
Cannibal Monster’s Hidden Lair narrower_than 1 1
Cave Encounter With A Monstrous Solitary Herdsman uncertain 1 1
Children Unwittingly Reveal A Concealed Entrance functional_variant 1 1
Combat With Guardian And Guardian's Sons functional_variant 1 1
Concealment By Blocking Travel And Communication functional_variant 1 1
Dangerous Enchantment Overcome By Counter Music functional_variant 1 1
Dangerous Island Inhabited By A Strangling Monster functional_variant 1 1
Dangerous Threshold Of The Lair narrower_than 1 1
Dangerous Water Source Guarded By A Predatory Creature functional_variant 1 1
Deadly Siren Seascape functional_variant 1 1
Deceptive Request For Aid By A Dangerous Enemy functional_variant 1 1
Destructive Female Lure functional_variant 1 1
Divine Defense Of A Civic Threshold functional_variant 1 1
Divine Or Supernatural Boundary Imposed On Pursuit functional_variant 1 1
Enchanted Birds Lure Or Provoke The Hero functional_variant 1 1
Enchanted Prevention Of Landing functional_variant 1 1
Entrapment At Threshold functional_variant 1 1
False Hospitality Conceals Predation functional_variant 1 1
Fiery Guardian Blocking The Road symbolic_variant 1 1
Floral Lure For A Female Figure functional_variant 1 1
Ford Obstruction Delaying Pursuit Or Attack functional_variant 1 1
Guarded Heavens Repelling Devils functional_variant 1 1
Guardian Of Hidden Treasures role_variant 1 1
Headless Devouring Giant Blocks And Seizes Heroes functional_variant 1 1
Heroic Obstacle At A Threshold Ford functional_variant 1 1
Illusory Water At A Palace Threshold functional_variant 1 1
Invincible Monster At A Perilous Passage functional_variant 1 1
Kinship Replaces Estrangement Among Guardians uncertain 1 1
Lethal Sea Lure And Drowning Power functional_variant 1 1
Loyal Ally Guarding A River Boundary For An Exiled Hero role_variant 1 1
Magical Lure Separates The Protector From The Victim functional_variant 1 1
Monster In A Cave Attacking Passing Ships functional_variant 1 1
Monster In A Cave Seizing Sailors functional_variant 1 1
Monstrous Armed Host At A Royal Gate functional_variant 1 1
Monstrous Harbour Obstruction Overcome By Heroes functional_variant 1 1
Monstrous Sisters At The Edge Of The World role_variant 1 1
Musical Compulsion Of Animal And Fatal Chase functional_variant 1 1
Perilous Giant Host Encounter role_variant 1 1
Perilous Island Warning functional_variant 1 1
Perilous Passage Passable Only By Woman's Help functional_variant 1 1
Rescuers Overcome By Hostile Enchantment functional_variant 1 1
Ritualized Sevenfold Hunt At A Boundary Or Gate ritual_variant 1 1
Ship Destroying Giant Or Hostile People functional_variant 1 1
Specialized Guardian Class heuristic_family_name_match 1 1
Subdued Threshold Guardian Followed By Entry functional_variant 1 1
Supernatural Hindrance At A Ford During Heroic Combat functional_variant 1 1
Tempting Golden Animal Leads Hero Away functional_variant 1 1
Threshold Encounter With Water Maidens role_variant 1 1
Water Woman Enticing Mortals At A Waterfall functional_variant 1 1
Woodland Deity Guarding Field Boundaries role_variant 1 1
Animal Guardian At Sacred Threshold role_variant 1 1
Armed Watcher Defeats Supernatural Seeming Intruder role_variant 1 1
Arrival Of Stranger Through Guarded Threshold functional_variant 1 1
Bound Maiden Threatened By Devouring Monster uncertain 1 1
Boundary Watch And Threshold Encounter functional_variant 1 1
Cannibal Giant In A Cave functional_variant 1 1
City Gates As Refuge From Pursuing Death functional_variant 1 1
Combat With Spectral Being uncertain 1 1
Concealed Predatory Nature Beneath Attractive Appearance functional_variant 1 1
Contested Household Entrance functional_variant 1 1
Contested Landing At A Liminal Shore functional_variant 1 1
Corruption Or Bypassing Of Guardians functional_variant 1 1
Courteous Approach Pacifies A Dangerous Encounter functional_variant 1 1
Dangerous Hospitality At A Monster's Dwelling functional_variant 1 1
Dangerous Hospitality From A Man Eating Host functional_variant 1 1
Dangerous Hybrid Singers Lure Seafarers To Death functional_variant 1 1
Dangerous Intruders In The Household functional_variant 1 1
Dangerous Navigation Between Paired Hazards functional_variant 1 1
Deadly Boundary Against Further Negotiation uncertain 1 1
Deceptive Supernatural Spouse Who Consumes The Human Partner functional_variant 1 1
Directional Guardian Deities role_variant 1 1
Enchanted Lodging As Trap functional_variant 1 1
Enchanted Threshold Capture functional_variant 1 1
Enchanting Sirens Whose Song Affects Nature functional_variant 1 1
Entry Into A Guarded Royal Palace functional_variant 1 1
Exceptional Stranger At The Gate role_variant 1 1
Failed Magical Or Musical Lure Replaced By Practical Action functional_variant 1 1
False Bride Or False Marriage Lure functional_variant 1 1
Fear Of Repeated Monster House Entrapment functional_variant 1 1
Feast As Threshold Of Danger functional_variant 1 1
Female Guardian Of The Hero's Death role_variant 1 1
Fierce Animal Guardian Of An Enclosed Settlement role_variant 1 1
Flight From Irresistible Voice functional_variant 1 1
Gatekeeping Dwarf Blocks Access To A Lord functional_variant 1 1
Giant Hurls Rocks At Fleeing Ship functional_variant 1 1
Giant’s Dangerous Appetite Restrained By Enchanted Sleep narrower_than 1 1
Guarded Passage Requiring Combat functional_variant 1 1
Guarded Threshold At A Ford functional_variant 1 1
Guardian As Potential Predator role_variant 1 1
Guardian Figure Unsuccessfully Blocks Abductor functional_variant 1 1
Guardian Monster Bypassed By Enchanted Food functional_variant 1 1
Hero Bound To A Mast functional_variant 1 1
Hero Defeats Aerial Enchantress Through A Small Aperture uncertain 1 1
Hero Defeats Hostile Guardians With Magic Weapon functional_variant 1 1
Heroic Boundary Challenge Halting An Army role_variant 1 1
Hospitality Request Concealing Danger functional_variant 1 1
Household Boundary And Controlled Access functional_variant 1 1
Inscribed Obstacle Test Blocks An Army functional_variant 1 1
Lethal Contest Imposed On Travelers functional_variant 1 1
Locked Many Gated Obstacle functional_variant 1 1
Magical Barrier Preventing Reunion functional_variant 1 1
Many Eyed Vigilant Guardian role_variant 1 1
Monster Haunting A Dangerous Threshold functional_variant 1 1
Monster Predator With Fiery Signs Approaches At Night functional_variant 1 1
Monstrous One Eyed Guardian With Conditional Death functional_variant 1 1
Monstrous Sea Hazard At A Dangerous Strait functional_variant 1 1
Moving Island Or Clashing Rocks Become Fixed functional_variant 1 1
Music Used To Lure Dangerous Beings functional_variant 1 1
Numbered Otherworld Guardians As A Test functional_variant 1 1
Otherworldly Gifts Lure Warriors Into Peril functional_variant 1 1
Perilous Passage Between Two Deadly Threats functional_variant 1 1
Perilous Sacred Boundary narrower_than 1 1
Phantom Lure Into Isolated Forest functional_variant 1 1
Promised Woman As Lure Leading Warriors To Death functional_variant 1 1
Proper Reverence Toward Cosmic Guardians ritual_variant 1 1
Protective Barrier Against Monstrous Or Hostile Peoples functional_variant 1 1
Reluctant Watchman At A Dangerous Place role_variant 1 1
Rescued Survivor From A Cannibal Giant functional_variant 1 1
Ritual Combat With A Spirit Through A Floor Opening functional_variant 1 1
Ritual Confrontation With An Enchanter uncertain 1 1
Rival Predator Interrupts Tribute Journey uncertain 1 1
Ruined Protective Boundary And Endangered Community functional_variant 1 1
Sea Born Monster Causing Chariot Catastrophe uncertain 1 1
Semi Supernatural Guardian Or Swift Hound role_variant 1 1
Serpent Infested Wilderness Path functional_variant 1 1
Single Eye Shared Among Sisters symbolic_variant 1 1
Slayer Replaces The Slain Guardian role_variant 1 1
Sleepless Many Eyed Watcher Guarding A Transformed Woman role_variant 1 1
Summoned Sea Monster Confronts The Hero's Vessel functional_variant 1 1
Summoning Or Revealing Monstrous Creatures By Sounding A Horn functional_variant 1 1
Supernatural Hound Bound In Sleep uncertain 1 1
Threat At The Boundary Of The Camp functional_variant 1 1
Threshold Challenge With Water After Harvest Rite heuristic_family_name_match 1 1
Threshold Guarded By Monstrous And Avenging Figures narrower_than 1 1
Threshold Guardian Admits Strangers Into Hidden Splendor functional_variant 1 1
Threshold Guardian Bars Entry To A Fortified City narrower_than 1 1
Threshold Guardian Defeated By Magic Through One Weak Point functional_variant 1 1
Threshold Guardian Who Seizes Shadows symbolic_variant 1 1
Threshold Guards Overcome In Silence functional_variant 1 1
Treacherous Lure Into A Concealed Water Trap functional_variant 1 1
Tree As Shared Shelter And Trap Threshold heuristic_family_name_match 1 1
Triple Form Crossroads Goddess role_variant 1 1
Uncanny Ford Encounter child 1 1
Vengeful Blood Fine Demand By Harmful Supernatural Challengers role_variant 1 1
Weapon Resistant Animal Adversary role_variant 1 1
Wrathful Envoy At The City Gate role_variant 1 1
Perilous Lure Fatal Enchantment child 0 0

Tradition Frequency

Relative bars compare traditions inside this family.
Celtic Irish 35 Greek 24 Roman 24 Hindu 16 Celtic Welsh 8 Islamicate Folklore 8 Greek/Roman 7 Finnish/Karelian 6 Islamic 5 Buddhist 4 Japanese 4 Norse 3 Comparative 2 Indigenous Australian 2 Sufi 1

How Each Tradition Tells It

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Celtic Irish

How This Tradition Tells It

35 occurrences

In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Combat With Guardian And Guardian's Sons (1), Enchanted Birds Lure Or Provoke The Hero (1), Enchanted Prevention Of Landing (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Gods and Fighting Men and Heroic Romances of Ireland. This is a deterministic summary of 35 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE / CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE; lines 13584-13678 high Rescuers Overcome By Hostile Enchantment record
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS / CHAPTER II. BLACK, BROWN, AND GREY / CHAPTER III. THE HOUND; lines 6845-6937 high Vengeful Blood Fine Demand By Harmful Supernatural Challengers record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS; lines 12055-12156 high Monstrous One Eyed Guardian With Conditional Death record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF TAILLTIN / BOOK FOUR: THE EVER-LIVING LIVING ONES. / CHAPTER I. BODB DEARG / CHAPTER II. THE DAGDA; lines 3051-3156 high Musical Compulsion Of Animal And Fatal Chase 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 2092-2203 high Combat With Guardian And Guardian's Sons record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH / CHAPTER IV. THE HIDDEN HOUSE OF LUGH / BOOK THREE: THE COMING OF THE GAEL. / CHAPTER I. THE LANDING; lines 2650-2742 high Enchanted Prevention Of Landing record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER III. THE LAST OF THE GREAT MEN / BOOK ELEVEN: OISIN AND PATRICK. / CHAPTER I. OISIN'S STORY / CHAPTER II. OISIN IN PATRICK'S HOUSE; lines 14547-14650 high Summoning Or Revealing Monstrous Creatures By Sounding A Horn record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS / CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS / CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING AND PEACE; lines 12688-12798 high Hero Defeats Aerial Enchantress Through A Small Aperture record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS / CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD / CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH / CHAPTER VIII. THE CAVE OF CRUACHAN; lines 9388-9467 high Music Used To Lure Dangerous Beings record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE BEST MEN OF THE FIANNA / BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS / CHAPTER II. BLACK, BROWN, AND GREY; lines 6823-6842 high Enchanted Lodging As Trap 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 12801-12890 high Weapon Resistant Animal Adversary record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD / CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH / CHAPTER VIII. THE CAVE OF CRUACHAN / CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE; lines 9545-9644 medium Feast As Threshold Of Danger record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING AND PEACE / CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN / BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON; lines 13149-13246 medium Reluctant Watchman At A Dangerous Place record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER XIII. CREDHE'S LAMENT / BOOK FOUR: HUNTINGS AND ENCHANTMENTS. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON / CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN; lines 8452-8536 high Enchanted Threshold Capture record
Heroic Romances of Ireland A. H. LEAHY / IN TWO VOLUMES / VOL. I / PREFACE; lines 337-414 low Supernatural Hound Bound In Sleep 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 2813-2910 high Enchanted Birds Lure Or Provoke The Hero 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 3753-3880 high Magical Barrier Preventing Reunion record
Heroic Romances of Ireland LITERAL TRANSLATION / THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S CATTLE / INTRODUCTION / THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S CATTLE; lines 10739-10807 medium Otherworldly Gifts Lure Warriors Into Peril record
Heroic Romances of Ireland MORTALS / IMMORTALS / TAIN BO FRAICH / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH; lines 8827-8989 medium Ritualized Sevenfold Hunt At A Boundary Or Gate record
Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 13 / PAGE 14 / PAGE 15 / PAGE 17; lines 6694-6716 low Combat With Spectral Being record
Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 31 / PAGE 32 / MAC DATHO'S BOAR / PAGE 37; lines 7028-7052 high Semi Supernatural Guardian Or Swift Hound record
Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 59 / PAGE 60 / PAGE 61 / PAGE 62; lines 7365-7417 high Perilous Passage Passable Only By Woman's Help record
Heroic Romances of Ireland THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN (FOURTEENTH CENTURY) / THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 12464-12580 high Female Guardian Of The Hero's Death record
Heroic Romances of Ireland THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE APPARITION OF THE GREAT QUEEN TO CUCHULAIN / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN (FOURTEENTH CENTURY); lines 12410-12461 medium Supernatural Hindrance At A Ford During Heroic Combat record
Heroic Romances of Ireland THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF REGAMON / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF REGAMON / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 11425-11461 high Ford Obstruction Delaying Pursuit Or Attack record
Heroic Romances of Ireland The Apparition of the Great Queen to Cuchulain; literal translation medium Uncanny Ford Encounter record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS; lines 5264-5389 medium Deadly Boundary Against Further Negotiation 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 3085-3164 high Fierce Animal Guardian Of An Enclosed Settlement 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 3166-3285 high Slayer Replaces The Slain Guardian 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 3412-3489 high Guarded Threshold At A Ford 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 3491-3590 medium Boundary Watch And Threshold 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 4083-4199 high Inscribed Obstacle Test Blocks An Army record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge WORKS ON THE TAIN BO CUALNGE / THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST; lines 2109-2255 high Heroic Boundary Challenge Halting An Army record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge WORKS ON THE TAIN BO CUALNGE / THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST; lines 2516-2635 high Heroic Obstacle At A Threshold Ford 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 10618-10735 high Promised Woman As Lure Leading Warriors To Death record
Greek

How This Tradition Tells It

24 occurrences

In Greek, this family appears through Cave Encounter With A Monstrous Solitary Herdsman (1), Dangerous Threshold Of The Lair (1), Deceptive Request For Aid By A Dangerous Enemy (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Odyssey and Aesop's Fables; a new translation. This is a deterministic summary of 24 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG / THE FIR-TREE AND THE BRAMBLE / THE FROGS' COMPLAINT AGAINST THE SUN / THE DOG, THE COCK, AND THE FOX; lines 1484-1507 medium Tree As Shared Shelter And Trap Threshold record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE MOUSE AND THE BULL / THE HARE AND THE HOUND / THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE / THE LION AND THE BULL; lines 3110-3124 high False Hospitality Conceals Predation record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE OWL AND THE BIRDS / THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN / THE SHE-GOATS AND THEIR BEARDS / THE OLD LION; lines 1955-1968 medium Dangerous Threshold Of The Lair record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE WASP AND THE SNAKE / THE EAGLE AND THE BEETLE / THE FOWLER AND THE LARK / THE FISHERMAN PIPING; lines 4443-4454 medium Failed Magical Or Musical Lure Replaced By Practical Action record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE WOLF AND THE CRANE / THE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE WILD SOW / THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP / THE TUNNY-FISH AND THE DOLPHIN; lines 3016-3038 high Deceptive Request For Aid By A Dangerous Enemy record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9372-9514 medium Floral Lure For A Female Figure record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701; lines 3770-3893 high Enchanting Sirens Whose Song Affects Nature record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE / THE MELAMPODIA / AEGIMIUS; lines 4977-5022 high Sleepless Many Eyed Watcher Guarding A Transformed Woman record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Symposium Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION. / SYMPOSIUM; lines 2653-2699 medium Flight From Irresistible Voice record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 20113-20221 medium City Gates As Refuge From Pursuing Death record
The Iliad BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT. / BOOK XIV. / JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.; lines 13567-13688 high Ruined Protective Boundary And Endangered Community record
The Iliad THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES. / BOOK X. / ARGUMENT. / THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES.; lines 10054-10172 high Threat At The Boundary Of The Camp record
The Odyssey BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII / BOOK IX; lines 3900-3994 high Cave Encounter With A Monstrous Solitary Herdsman record
The Odyssey BOOK VIII / BOOK IX / BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE.; lines 4588-4678 medium Fear Of Repeated Monster House Entrapment record
The Odyssey BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88 / BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.; lines 5320-5420 high Monster In A Cave Seizing Sailors record
The Odyssey BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88 / BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.; lines 5422-5511 high Invincible Monster At A Perilous Passage record
The Odyssey BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88 / BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.; lines 5513-5608 high Perilous Passage Between Two Deadly Threats record
The Odyssey BOOK XV / BOOK XVI / ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII; lines 7925-7968 high Dangerous Intruders In The Household record
The Odyssey BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 10818-10944 medium Household Boundary And Controlled Access record
The Odyssey BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 11379-11488 medium Hero Bound To A Mast record
The Odyssey BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 11743-11857 medium Contested Household Entrance record
The Republic BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V.; lines 15994-16145 high Kinship Replaces Estrangement Among Guardians record
The Republic PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III.; lines 13507-13621 high Guardian As Potential Predator record
The Republic THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 11115-11284 high Specialized Guardian Class record
Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

24 occurrences

In Roman, this family appears through Blinded Cannibal Monster Pursuing Escaped Voyagers (1), Deadly Siren Seascape (1), Divine Defense Of A Civic Threshold (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV and The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII. This is a deterministic summary of 24 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3796-3885 high Guardian Monster Bypassed By Enchanted Food record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3951-4023 high Threshold Guarded By Monstrous And Avenging Figures record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3405-3466 medium Deadly Siren Seascape record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6494-6567 medium Contested Landing At A Liminal Shore record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY / BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING; lines 1997-2067 high Cannibal Giant In A Cave record
The Aeneid of Virgil NOTES / BOOK FIRST / BOOK SECOND / BOOK THIRD; lines 8715-8746 medium Dangerous Navigation Between Paired Hazards record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII BOOK THE FIFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8327-8418 high Guardian Figure Unsuccessfully Blocks Abductor record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11772-11813 high Lethal Contest Imposed On Travelers record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3458-3554 medium Triple Form Crossroads Goddess record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8008-8099 high Bound Maiden Threatened By Devouring Monster record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10903-10977 medium Divine Or Supernatural Boundary Imposed On Pursuit record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10150-10197 medium Corruption Or Bypassing Of Guardians record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2225-2297 high Many Eyed Vigilant Guardian record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7298-7393 high Single Eye Shared Among Sisters record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10710-10786 high Giant Hurls Rocks At Fleeing Ship record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10710-10786 high Rescued Survivor From A Cannibal Giant record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10788-10883 high Blinded Cannibal Monster Pursuing Escaped Voyagers record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10788-10883 medium Perilous Island Warning record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10788-10883 high Ship Destroying Giant Or Hostile People record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12944-13014 high Sea Born Monster Causing Chariot Catastrophe record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12389-12472 high Moving Island Or Clashing Rocks Become Fixed record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10312-10415 high Monstrous Sea Hazard At A Dangerous Strait record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11033-11116 high Phantom Lure Into Isolated Forest record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11826-11915 medium Divine Defense Of A Civic Threshold record
Hindu

How This Tradition Tells It

16 occurrences

In Hindu, this family appears through Headless Devouring Giant Blocks And Seizes Heroes (1), Loyal Ally Guarding A River Boundary For An Exiled Hero (1), Magical Lure Separates The Protector From The Victim (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki. This is a deterministic summary of 16 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Ramayan of Valmiki BOOK V.(787) / Canto III. The Guardian Goddess. / Canto IV. Within The City. / Canto VI. The Court.; lines 45280-45377 high Entry Into A Guarded Royal Palace record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto CXXIII. The Magic Car. / Canto CXXIV. The Departure. / Canto CXXV. The Return. / Canto CXXVI. Bharat Consoled.; lines 56792-56825 medium Tempting Golden Animal Leads Hero Away record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LXIV. The Sea. / Canto LXV. The Council. / BOOK V.(787) / Canto III. The Guardian Goddess.; lines 45136-45197 high Threshold Guardian Bars Entry To A Fortified City record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LXV. The Council. / BOOK V.(787) / Canto III. The Guardian Goddess. / Canto IV. Within The City.; lines 45200-45277 high Monstrous Armed Host At A Royal Gate record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LXV. The Council. / BOOK V.(787) / Canto III. The Guardian Goddess. / Canto IV. Within The City.; lines 45200-45277 medium Subdued Threshold Guardian Followed By Entry record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LXXX. The Way Prepared. / Canto LXXXI. The Assembly. / Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun.; lines 21738-21906 high Loyal Ally Guarding A River Boundary For An Exiled Hero record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees.; lines 39090-39196 medium Perilous Sacred Boundary record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XIV. The Challenge. / Canto XXVI. The Coronation. / Canto XXVIII. The Rains. / Canto XXXI. The Envoy.; lines 41538-41672 high Wrathful Envoy At The City Gate record
Show 8 more passages
TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha.; lines 35841-35998 high Headless Devouring Giant Blocks And Seizes Heroes record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XV. The Preparations. / Canto XVIII. The Sentence. / Canto XXII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood.; lines 14220-14326 medium Serpent Infested Wilderness Path record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 31892-31975 medium Concealed Predatory Nature Beneath Attractive Appearance record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat.; lines 33639-33794 medium Magical Lure Separates The Protector From The Victim record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXXI. The Envoy. / Canto XXXVII. The Gathering. / Canto XL. The Army Of The East. / Canto XLI. The Army Of The South.; lines 42772-42919 medium Threshold Guardian Who Seizes Shadows 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 5593-5733 medium Proper Reverence Toward Cosmic Guardians record
The Ramayan of Valmiki FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65705-65848 high Directional Guardian Deities record
The Ramayan of Valmiki HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59057-59142 high Giant’s Dangerous Appetite Restrained By Enchanted Sleep record
Celtic Welsh

How This Tradition Tells It

8 occurrences

In Celtic Welsh, this family appears through Concealment By Blocking Travel And Communication (1), Entrapment At Threshold (1), Armed Watcher Defeats Supernatural Seeming Intruder (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mabinogion. This is a deterministic summary of 8 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Mabinogion C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 2685-2771 high Gatekeeping Dwarf Blocks Access To A Lord record
The Mabinogion C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 3608-3676 high Guarded Passage Requiring Combat record
The Mabinogion C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4094-4141 high Exceptional Stranger At The Gate record
The Mabinogion C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4398-4488 high Threshold Guards Overcome In Silence record
The Mabinogion CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN; lines 626-711 high Entrapment At Threshold record
The Mabinogion INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 1780-1856 medium Courteous Approach Pacifies A Dangerous Encounter record
The Mabinogion PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6307-6392 medium Armed Watcher Defeats Supernatural Seeming Intruder record
The Mabinogion PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6666-6754 high Concealment By Blocking Travel And Communication record
Islamicate Folklore

How This Tradition Tells It

8 occurrences

In Islamicate Folklore, this family appears through Blinding Of A One Eyed Cannibal Giant With Heated Spits (1), Cannibal Giant In A Castle Of Bones (1), Dangerous Island Inhabited By A Strangling Monster (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Arabian Nights Entertainments. This is a deterministic summary of 8 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2628-2737 high Ritual Confrontation With An Enchanter record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 3728-3822 high Blinding Of A One Eyed Cannibal Giant With Heated Spits record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 3728-3822 high Cannibal Giant In A Castle Of Bones record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4276-4375 high Dangerous Island Inhabited By A Strangling Monster record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 5168-5263 high False Bride Or False Marriage Lure record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 5168-5263 medium Hospitality Request Concealing Danger record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 7462-7559 medium Threshold Guardian Admits Strangers Into Hidden Splendor record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 9805-9898 medium Arrival Of Stranger Through Guarded Threshold record
Greek/Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

7 occurrences

In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Dangerous Enchantment Overcome By Counter Music (1), Monster In A Cave Attacking Passing Ships (1), Monstrous Harbour Obstruction Overcome By Heroes (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 7 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome CADMUS. / PERSEUS. / THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.; lines 7050-7143 medium Monstrous Harbour Obstruction Overcome By Heroes record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome CADMUS. / PERSEUS. / THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.; lines 7334-7430 high Dangerous Enchantment Overcome By Counter Music record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome CADMUS. / PERSEUS. / THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.; lines 7432-7522 high Threshold Guardian Defeated By Magic Through One Weak Point record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome DIANA. / HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN). / VULCAN. / POSEIDON (NEPTUNE).; lines 3296-3398 high Monster In A Cave Attacking Passing Ships record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome GLAUCUS. / THETIS. / LEUCOTHEA. / THE SIRENS.; lines 3548-3566 high Dangerous Hybrid Singers Lure Seafarers To Death record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome NYX (NOX). / THANATOS (MORS) AND HYPNUS (SOMNUS). / MORPHEUS. / THE GORGONS.; lines 4616-4661 medium Monstrous Sisters At The Edge Of The World record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome PALES. / PICUS. / PICUMNUS AND PILUMNUS. / SILVANUS.; lines 5880-5895 high Woodland Deity Guarding Field Boundaries record
Finnish/Karelian

How This Tradition Tells It

6 occurrences

In Finnish/Karelian, this family appears through Fiery Guardian Blocking The Road (1), Guardian Of Hidden Treasures (1), Threshold Encounter With Water Maidens (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland. This is a deterministic summary of 6 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland BOOK II / EPILOGUE / THE END / GLOSSARY; lines 25330-25477 high Guardian Of Hidden Treasures record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 15089-15274 high Fiery Guardian Blocking The Road record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 21489-21680 high Summoned Sea Monster Confronts The Hero's Vessel record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 24319-24519 high Hero Defeats Hostile Guardians With Magic Weapon record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 24319-24519 high Locked Many Gated Obstacle record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 2932-3105 medium Threshold Encounter With Water Maidens record
Islamic

How This Tradition Tells It

5 occurrences

In Islamic, this family appears through Guarded Heavens Repelling Devils (1), Illusory Water At A Palace Threshold (1), Animal Guardian At Sacred Threshold (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Koran (Al-Qur'an). This is a deterministic summary of 5 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 21590-21683 medium Guarded Heavens Repelling Devils record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 23300-23386 medium Animal Guardian At Sacred Threshold record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XXVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 27777-27836 medium Illusory Water At A Palace Threshold record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LXXIV / ENTITLED, THE COVERED; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 37283-37399 high Numbered Otherworld Guardians As A Test record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / FINIS / AN INDEX / OF THE; lines 39628-39754 high Protective Barrier Against Monstrous Or Hostile Peoples record
Buddhist

How This Tradition Tells It

4 occurrences

In Buddhist, this family appears through Dangerous Water Source Guarded By A Predatory Creature (1), Destructive Female Lure (1), Dangerous Hospitality From A Man Eating Host (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India and Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 INDIAN TALES FROM TIBETAN SOURCES. / THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA. / BY A. BARTH. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 16555-16665 medium Destructive Female Lure 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 Deceptive Supernatural Spouse Who Consumes The Human Partner record
The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT / THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY / THE AXE, THE DRUM, THE BOWL, AND THE DIAMOND; lines 507-608 high Dangerous Hospitality From A Man Eating Host record
The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India / WARNING / CONTENTS / THE GIANT CRAB; lines 134-220 high Dangerous Water Source Guarded By A Predatory Creature record
Japanese

How This Tradition Tells It

4 occurrences

In Japanese, this family appears through Cannibal Monster’s Hidden Lair (1), Dangerous Hospitality At A Monster's Dwelling (1), Monster Haunting A Dangerous Threshold (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Japanese Fairy Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Japanese Fairy Tales COMPILED BY / PREFACE / JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE; lines 151-260 high Monster Predator With Fiery Signs Approaches At Night record
Japanese Fairy Tales THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA; lines 3614-3738 medium Dangerous Hospitality At A Monster's Dwelling record
Japanese Fairy Tales THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA; lines 3740-3793 high Cannibal Monster’s Hidden Lair record
Japanese Fairy Tales THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON; lines 6755-6881 high Monster Haunting A Dangerous Threshold record
Norse

How This Tradition Tells It

3 occurrences

In Norse, this family appears through Lethal Sea Lure And Drowning Power (1), Perilous Giant Host Encounter (1), Water Woman Enticing Mortals At A Waterfall (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL; lines 6955-7082 high Perilous Giant Host Encounter record
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 12980-13082 medium Lethal Sea Lure And Drowning Power record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS; lines 8744-8800 high Water Woman Enticing Mortals At A Waterfall record
Comparative

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Comparative, this family appears through Ritual Combat With A Spirit Through A Floor Opening (1), Threshold Challenge With Water After Harvest Rite (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) and The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2). This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 8931-9013 medium Threshold Challenge With Water After Harvest Rite 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 medium Ritual Combat With A Spirit Through A Floor Opening record
Indigenous Australian

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Indigenous Australian, this family appears through Children Unwittingly Reveal A Concealed Entrance (1), Treacherous Lure Into A Concealed Water Trap (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 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2092-2197 high Treacherous Lure Into A Concealed Water Trap record
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2891-3002 medium Children Unwittingly Reveal A Concealed Entrance record
Sufi

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Sufi, this family appears through Rival Predator Interrupts Tribute Journey (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mesnevi. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Mesnevi OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 7999-8095 medium Rival Predator Interrupts Tribute Journey record
Converges

Shared Structure

The convergence is broad rather than concentrated in one child motif: traditions repeatedly tag passages into this family while emphasizing locally different scenes.

Diverges

Local Emphasis

Islamic leans toward Guarded Heavens Repelling Devils; Celtic Welsh leans toward Concealment By Blocking Travel And Communication; Islamicate Folklore leans toward Blinding Of A One Eyed Cannibal Giant With Heated Spits; Roman leans toward Blinded Cannibal Monster Pursuing Escaped Voyagers; Celtic Irish leans toward Combat With Guardian And Guardian's Sons; Japanese leans toward Cannibal Monster’s Hidden Lair.

Comparison Mode

Reading Rule

structuralthematiccontact not inferred

Timeline

Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.
ca. 800-300 BCE

The Upanishads

Hindu - Vedic and early philosophical Sanskrit tradition - 16 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-400 BCE

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 24 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-650 BCE

The Iliad

Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 24 tagged occurrences

ca. 300-100 BCE

Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses

Buddhist - Early Buddhist verse collection - 4 tagged occurrences

ca. 200 BCE-200 CE

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 16 tagged occurrences

ca. 610-632 CE

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Islamic - Early Islamic revelation corpus - 5 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling

Gods and Fighting Men

Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 35 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1270 CE

The Poetic Edda

Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 3 tagged occurrences

ca. 1100-1400 CE

The Mabinogion

Celtic Welsh - Medieval Welsh narrative and romance tradition - 8 tagged occurrences

1835-1849 CE compilation

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland

Finnish/Karelian - Finnish/Karelian oral-poetry epic compilation - 6 tagged occurrences