Tabu: offending water-spirit — Mythoi

Motif

Tabu: offending water-spirit.

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

Filed across the traditions

Africa (Kaffir) Theal 56.
general Frazer Golden Bough III 94. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 641

Within the index

Filed under Tabu: offending spirits of water, mountain, etc.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Tabu: rescuing drowning man Tabu: letting ball fall into water Tabu: crossing water when spirits are offended Tabu: poisoning fish causes storm

Filed beside it

Tabu: offending mountain-spirit Tabu: offending wood-spirit. (Cf. C51.2.2, C64.) Tabu: offending guardian spirits Tabu: offending devil. A smith or priest continually insults the devil's statue or picture (cf. C13). The devil brings the offender into dangerous situation (suspicion of theft or murder), and saves him miraculously when he promises never again to abuse the devil's likeness Tabu: offending fairy

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