Tabu: touching possessions of god

Motif

Tabu: touching possessions of god.

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

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Tabu: offending the gods.

9 finer motifs beneath it

Tabu: profaning shrine 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

Filed beside it

Tabu: offending goddess of fortune Tabu: being in presence of god Tabu: refusing credit to god Tabu: rivaling the gods Tabu: losing consecrated wafer Tabu: unseemly acts while carrying divine image Tabu: neglect of service to deity Tabu: profaning sacred day Tabu: disbelief in religious teachings Tabu: idolatry Tabu: attacking deity (sacred person)Tabu: failing to heed message of god Tabu: changing ritual Tabu: murmuring against deity Tabu: neglect of sacred fires Tabu: neglecting to fulfill vow made to god

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