Tabu: letting ball fall into water — Mythoi

Motif

Tabu: letting ball fall into water.

Tabu. · Tabu connected with supernatural beings. · Tabu: offending spirits of water, mountain, etc. · view the constellation · filed as C41.2

Cited in the index

general *Type 440
general BP I 1 (Gr. No. 1.)

Within the index

Filed under Tabu: offending water-spirit.

Filed beside it

Tabu: rescuing drowning man Tabu: crossing water when spirits are offended Tabu: poisoning fish causes storm

Carried in tale types

The Frog King or Iron Henry · ATU 440 3 recorded variants

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