Tabu: thanking (under certain circumstances) — Mythoi

Motif

Tabu: thanking (under certain circumstances).

Tabu. · Speaking tabu. · Other speaking tabus. · view the constellation · filed as C493

Filed across the traditions

Icel. *Boberg.
general Fb "takke" III 763a
general Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 171

Within the index

Filed under Other speaking tabus.

1 finer motif beneath it

Tabu: wishing good luck. One must not wish a hunter good luck or a sailor good voyage

Filed beside it

Substitutes for tabu expressions Tabu: expressing astonishment at marvel. (Cf. C411, C423.2.) Tabu: speaking to strangers 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

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