weakness-to-specific-animal-or-object

Basilisk · salience 0.8

“The crow of a rooster is said to be fatal to it, and the scent of a weasel is believed to repel or even kill the creature.”

Cockatrice · salience 0.8

“Weasels are also said to be immune to its gaze and capable of killing the beast.”

Basajaun

“Elsewhere, a farmhand is said to drive off a Basajaun by chewing and eating four grains of wheat before him.”

Dokkaebi

“In some tellings, a Dokkaebi can be tricked into revealing its weakness or driven off by a show of superior cunning rather than force, and it is said to fear or dislike horse blood and certain colors such as red.”

Kappa

“The Kappa's power is bound entirely to the water in its head-dish: if the dish spills or dries out, the Kappa becomes weak, immobile, or even dies, and travelers exploit this by tricking a Kappa into bowing, since its rigid politeness compels it to return any bow it receives and so spill its own water.”

Selkie

“A Selkie's central power is this transformation between seal and human shape, but the act depends entirely on the sealskin itself: without it, a Selkie cannot return to the sea and remains trapped in human form.”