Head of slain man must not be moved

Motif

Head of slain man must not be moved.

Tabu. · Tabu: touching. · Tabu: touching – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as C541.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 6, Canto 20

Scholars’ trail — 1 reference (open)

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general Fb "hoved" I 655a.

Within the index

Filed under Tabu: contact with the dead.

Filed beside it

Tabu: dead body not to be on ship Tabu: touching bones of murdered person Tabu: lying on ancestors' bones Tabu: taking down corpse of hanged man Tabu: embalming

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