The constellation
C326 Tabu: looking under certain bell too soon
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
keeps company
- Journey to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etc · F112 entry
- Spirits and demons (general) · F400 entry
- Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habits · F500 entry
- Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast · F511.0.1.1 entry
- Headless persons cannot smell or hear · F511.0.1.2 entry
- Person with one eye in center of forehead. (Cf. F441.4.1, F531.1.1.1.) · F512.1.1 entry
- Armless people · F516.1 entry
- Armless people have legs growing from their shoulders. Use toes in place of fingers · F516.1.1 entry
- Long-armed people · F516.3 entry
- Long-legged people · F517.0.2 entry
Thompson cites
- Myths & Legends of China · Chapter XVI