μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Tabu: blaming supernatural wife.

Tabu. · Tabu connected with supernatural beings. · Tabu: offending supernatural relative. · view the constellation · filed as C31.4

Cited in the index
  • general *Chauvin VI 182 No. 343. Greek: Fox 122 (Thetis). – Indonesian: De Vries Volksverhalen I No. 35 n.
Within the index

Filed under Tabu: offending supernatural wife. Upon slight offence the wife leaves for her old home.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Tabu: questioning supernatural wife Tabu: scolding supernatural wife
Filed beside it
Tabu: looking at supernatural wife Tabu: mentioning origin of supernatural wife. (Cf. C33.1, C35.1.) Tabu: disobeying supernatural wife Tabu: boasting of supernatural wife Tabu: calling on supernatural wife Tabu: lousing supernatural wife Tabu: striking supernatural wife Tabu: revealing secrets of supernatural wife. (Cf. C420) Tabu: giving garment back to supernatural (divine) wife Tabu: reproaching supernatural wife about her sisters Unfaithful husband loses magic wife
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Immediate return to other world because of broken tabu. (Cf. C31, C31.4, C327.)

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