Tabu: uttering relative's name — Mythoi

Motif

Tabu: uttering relative's name.

Tabu. · Speaking tabu. · Name tabu. · view the constellation · filed as C435

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Within the index

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

2 finer motifs beneath it

Tabu: uttering spouse's name Tabu: uttering name of other close relations

Filed beside it

Tabu: uttering name of god (or gods)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: disclosing own identity. A supernatural person must not tell who he is Tabu: giving child a name lest it die early