μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Tabu: profaning shrine.

Tabu. · Tabu connected with supernatural beings. · Tabu: offending the gods. · view the constellation · filed as C51.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross, Beal XXI 336
  • Greek Grote I 279
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Tabu: touching possessions of god.

15 finer motifs beneath it
Tabu: using altar for secular purposes Tabu: stealing from altar. (Cf. C51.2.) Tabu: breathing on sacred fire Tabu: misuse of money in alms box Tabu: dancing in churchyard Tabu: discontinuing use of a church Tabu: peeping at sacred font. (Cf. C300.) Tabu: allowing a drop to fall upon altar Tabu: unworthy men to enter or see sanctuary. (Cf. C300.) Tabu: to enter sacred places closed to the female sex. (Cf. C51.1.2.) Visits of goddess cease when her sacred spring is disturbed Tabu: striking tree which belongs to deity Tabu: treating scornfully statue and dress of goddess Tabu: leaving corpse at shrine Tabu: wearing shoes at shrine
Filed beside it
Tabu: stealing from god or saint. (Cf. C51.1.2.) Tabu: revealing name of god Tabu: revealing secrets of god Tabu: imitating god Tabu: falsely claiming the powers of a god Tabu: touching stone image of deity with unwashed hands Tabu: giving away idol Tabu: pointing boat toward island of the gods
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Saints bring about miraculous death because of desecration of sanctuaries. (Cf. C51.1, Q222, V220.) Shrines. (Cf. C51.1.)

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