exposure-of-secret-nature-breaks-power

Babi ngepet · salience 0.8

“The creature must maintain absolute secrecy about its dual nature, as exposure would not only end its wealth-gathering abilities but could also result in severe supernatural consequences.”

Melusine

“In some tellings Raymondin's public denunciation of her as a serpent, rather than the spying itself, is what finally exiles her; upon the vow's violation she transforms fully into a winged serpent and flies from the castle, though she is said to return invisibly to nurse her youngest children at night and to reappear, shrieking, over Lusignan to foretell the death of a lord of the line or an impending change in its fortunes.”

Menehune

“In some tellings, failure to complete a task by sunrise meant the Menehune would abandon the work unfinished, and being seen or spied upon while working could cause them to flee or curse the onlooker.”