Tabu: uttering name of god (or gods) — Mythoi

Motif

Tabu: uttering name of god (or gods).

Tabu. · Speaking tabu. · Name tabu. · view the constellation · filed as C431

Filed across the traditions

Hebrew Exodus 20:7, Gaster Exempla 233f. No. 288
Jewish *Neuman.
general *Frazer Golden Bough XII 383 s. v. "names"
general *Chauvin VI 66 No. 233

Within the index

Filed under Name tabu: prohibition against uttering the name of a person or thing.

Filed beside it

Tabu: uttering name of supernatural creature Tabu: uttering name of malevolent creature (Eumenides). To avoid the evil results of naming these creatures other names are substituted. The Furies are spoken of as Eumenides; rats and mice as "the large" and "the small" Tabu: uttering relative's name Tabu: disclosing own identity. A supernatural person must not tell who he is Tabu: giving child a name lest it die early

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Ineffable name written on object renders it magic. (Cf. C431.)

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