Tabu: loss of chastity. Hero loses power with loss of chastity.
Tabu. · Sex tabu. · Tabu: sexual intercourse. · view the constellation · filed as C111
“Go very slowly, and you will reach there at night; it is not far from here. It is a very difficult country where you are going. Maybe you will not be able to get there.’”’ She gave him a stuffed frog and some glue. ‘“‘When- ever the mountains are too steep for you to climb, cry, ‘Where is my grandmother?’ put glue on your hands, and climb, and you will stick to the rocks. When you reach your next grand- mother, she will advise you well.”
— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 54 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan
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- North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 54 receipt