The constellation
C920 Death for breaking tabu
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- Death of children for breaking tabu · C920.1 entry
- Death of wife for breaking tabu · C920.2 entry
- Immediate death for breaking tabu. (Cf. C52, C51.3, C453, C533.) · C921 entry
- Death by smothering for breaking tabu. Man given secret box conveying the power of making women love him. He disobeys warning and opens it. The women smother him to death. (Cf. C321.) · C922 entry
- Death by drowning for breaking tabu · C923 entry
- Death by thirst for breaking tabu. (Cf. C949.4.) · C924 entry
- Death from rattlesnake bite because of breaking tabu · C925 entry
- Man (woman) vanishes on breaking of tabu · C926 entry
- Burning as punishment for breaking tabu · C927 entry
- Death from insanity as punishment for breaking tabu · C928 entry
- Death for breaking tabu · C929 entry
keeps company
- Egg becomes bloody · D474.4 entry
- Bloody egg as sign of disobedience · C913.1 entry
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