The constellation
C300 Looking tabu
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● attested
The same sky, in words
keeps company
- Reincarnation. Return from the dead in another form · E600 entry
- Sky-basket. Ascent to or descent from upper world in a basket · F51.2 entry
- Descent to lower world of dead (Hell, Hades) · F81 entry
- Orpheus. Journey to land of dead to bring back person from the dead · F81.1 entry
- Recognition by "force of nature". Unknown member of family immediately and magically recognized · H175 entry
- Escape by use of substituted object. The object is attacked rather than the intended victim · K525 entry
- World-fire. A conflagration destroys the earth. Sometimes (as with the flood legends) the tradition is somewhat local and does not refer to an actual destruction of the whole earth; sometimes the fire marks the end of the world · A1030 entry
- Tabu: profanely calling up spirit (devil, etc.) · C10 entry
- Tabu: eating in other world · C211 entry
- Tabu: drinking · C250 entry
cross-ref
- Tabu: peeping at sacred font. (Cf. C300.) · C51.1.7 entry
- Tabu: unworthy men to enter or see sanctuary. (Cf. C300.) · C51.1.9 entry
- Magic journey with closed eyes. Person must not open eyes while on the journey. (Cf. C300.) · D2121.2 entry
- Transformation by violation of looking tabu. (Cf. C300.) · D513 entry
Thompson cites
- The Odyssey · Book VII
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 55
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 75