μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • 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 expressionsTabu: expressing astonishment at marvel. (Cf. C411, C423.2.)Tabu: speaking to strangersTabu: cursingTabu: using any except one certain phraseTabu: using obscene languageTabu: speaking to the deadSpeaking tabu: the one forbidden expressionAdditional speaking tabus

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