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C435 Tabu: uttering relative's name
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- Tabu: uttering spouse's name · C435.1 entry
- Tabu: uttering name of other close relations · C435.2 entry
filed beside
- Tabu: uttering name of god (or gods) · C431 entry
- Tabu: uttering name of supernatural creature · C432 entry
- Tabu: uttering name of malevolent creature (Eumenides). To avoid the evil results of naming these creatures other names are substituted. The Furies are spoken of as Eumenides; rats and mice as "the large" and "the small" · C433 entry
- Tabu: disclosing own identity. A supernatural person must not tell who he is · C436 entry
- Tabu: giving child a name lest it die early · C437 entry