Tabu: looking under certain bell too soon — Mythoi

Motif

Tabu: looking under certain bell too soon.

Tabu. · Looking tabu. · Tabu: looking into certain receptacle. · view the constellation · filed as C326

Filed across the traditions

Chinese Werner 421. → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XVI

Within the index

Filed under Tabu: looking into certain receptacle.

Filed beside it

Tabu: looking into box (Pandora) Tabu: looking into bag Tabu: looking into flask. Man given magic flask on condition that he never look into it Tabu: looking into jug. Woman does so and finds mouse in it Tabu: looking into the pots in hell Tabu: looking into basket Tabu: opening corpse-wrapping

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

City-gods Creation of the universe Wild man as king of animals Unusual animal as riding-horse Marriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D141.) Marriage to dog in human form Jointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into pieces Journey to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etc Spirits and demons (general) Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habits Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast Headless persons cannot smell or hear

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