Tabu: expressing astonishment at marvel. (Cf. C411, C423.2.) — Mythoi

Motif

Tabu: expressing astonishment at marvel. (Cf. C411, C423.2.)

Tabu. · Speaking tabu. · Other speaking tabus. · view the constellation · filed as C491

Filed across the traditions

Jamaica Beckwith MAFLS XVII 254 No. 31.
general *Köhler-Bolte I 220. – Irish: Beal XXI 314

Within the index

Filed under Other speaking tabus.

1 finer motif beneath it

Tabu: screaming at terrible sight

Filed beside it

Substitutes for tabu expressions Tabu: speaking to strangers Tabu: thanking (under certain circumstances) Tabu: cursing Tabu: using any except one certain phrase Tabu: using obscene language Tabu: speaking to the dead Speaking tabu: the one forbidden expression Additional speaking tabus

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Tabu: asking about marvels which one sees. (Cf. C423.2, C491.) Tabu: speaking of extraordinary sight. (Cf. C411, C491.) Transformation when one expresses astonishment at smith drawing water in an egg-shell. (Cf. C491.)

Carried in tale types

Angel and Hermit (previously God's Justice Vindicated) [J225 · ATU 759 4 recorded variants

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