The constellation
C921 Immediate death for breaking tabu. (Cf. C52, C51.3, C453, C533.)
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
- Death for breaking tabu · C920 entry
keeps company
cross-ref
- Tabu: boasting of love-conquest · C453 entry
- Tabu: revealing name of god · C51.3 entry
- Tabu: being in presence of god · C52 entry
- Tabu: touching box · C533 entry
Thompson cites
- Myths & Legends of China · Chapter XI