The constellation
C117 Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Tabu: sexual intercourse · C110 entry
beneath it
keeps company
- Magic pastry (bread, cake, etc.) · D1031 entry
- Magic sandals · D1065.5 entry
- Magic cap · D1067.2 entry
- Magic cap renders invisible: tarnkappe. (Cf. D1067.2, D1361.16.) · D1361.15 entry
- Magic sandals bear person aloft. (Cf. D1065.5.) · D1532.4 entry
- Night magically lengthened · D2146.2.2 entry
- Transformation: man to stone · D231 entry
- Miscellaneous forms of transformation · D490 entry
- Petrification by glance · D581 entry
- Transformation to husband's (lover's) form to seduce woman · D658.2 entry
cross-ref
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK II, ch. IV
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 54