Guessing name of supernatural creature gives power over him. (Tom-Tit-Tot).
Tabu. · Speaking tabu. · Name tabu. · view the constellation · filed as C432.1
Motif
Cited in the index
- general *Type 500
- general BP I 495
- general *Clodd Tom-Tit-Tot
- general Köhler-Bolte I 109
- general *Fb "gjætte" I 452
- general Henne-am Rhyn 2d ed. No. 618. – Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (Powell tr.) I 49, *Boberg.
Within the index
Filed under Tabu: uttering name of supernatural creature.
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Carried in tale types
- The Name of the Supernatural Helper · ATU 500 6 recorded variants
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