The constellation
C916 Continuous action started by breaking tabu
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
beneath it
- Trespass betrayed by dripping candle. (Cf. C31.1, C32.1.) · C916.1 entry
- Animals produced when forbidden drum is beaten · C916.2 entry
- Magic porridge-pot keeps cooking. Against command, mother of owner bids pot to cook. It fills house with porridge and will not stop until ordered by mistress · C916.3 entry
- Spinning wheel continues spinning because woman has worked at forbidden time · C916.4 entry