The Maelstrom-Makers

9 figures A family: figures with traits in common

Charybdis founded a school that weaponizes the sea's own geometry and spins water into a mouth. Every strait keeps their legend.

whirlpool creators and ship swallowers (charybdis, isonade, yacumama, taniwha)

What binds them

• Whirlpool maelstrom creation · 16 of them
• Whirlpool creation · 11 of them
• Swallows boats whole · 6 of them
• Causes storms or tsunamis · 1 of them
• Treasure guardian · 1 of them
• Danger sensing · 1 of them
• Hypnotic gaze · 1 of them
• Ship capsizing · 1 of them

Drawn from 8 groups of traditions: European 2 · African 1 · Norse germanic 1 · North american indigenous 1 · Mesoamerican 1 · East asian 1 · South american 1 · Oceanian 1

Members

• Ahkiyyini
• Camazotz
• Cetus
• Charybdis
• Grootslang
• Isonade
• Kraken
• Taniwha
• Yacumama

Resemblance is not descent; descent is drawn only as the gold lines on the constellation. All families.