μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • JewishNeuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys.
  • general **Rank Inzestmotiv. Hebrew: Leviticus 20: 11ff.
Within the index

Filed under Tabu: sexual intercourse.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Tabu: son seeing mother perform sex actSex tabu: man – niece
Filed beside it
Tabu: sexual relationship with girls of nobility while having sore on bodyTabu: loss of chastity. Hero loses power with loss of chastityTabu: sexual intercourse with unearthly beings. (Cf. C122.)Tabu: sodomyTabu: adulteryTabu: sexual intercourse in sacred precinct. (Cf. Q551.3.)Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite timeTabu: violating womanMiscellaneous tabus concerning sexual intercourse

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