Tabu: sexual intercourse

Motif

Tabu: sexual intercourse.

Tabu. · Sex tabu. · Tabu: sexual intercourse. · view the constellation · filed as C110

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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Irish mythCross
IcelandicBoberg.
general *Frazer Golden Bough XII 225f. s. v. "continence", 214 s. v. "chastity"

Within the index

10 finer motifs beneath it

Tabu: sexual relationship with girls of nobility while having sore on body Tabu: loss of chastity. Hero loses power with loss of chastity Tabu: sexual intercourse with unearthly beings. (Cf. C122.)Tabu: sodomy Tabu: incest Tabu: adultery Tabu: sexual intercourse in sacred precinct. (Cf. Q551.3.)Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time Tabu: violating woman Miscellaneous tabus concerning sexual intercourse

Travels with

Tabu: sex activity for warriors. (Cf. C110.)Refraining from sexual intercourse as penance. (Cf. C110.)

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