μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Tabu: losing consecrated wafer.

Tabu. · Tabu connected with supernatural beings. · Tabu: offending the gods. · view the constellation · filed as C55

Cited in the index
  • general Types 613, 671
  • general BP I 322 n. 1.
Within the index

Filed under Tabu: offending the gods.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Tabu: stepping on sacred bread Tabu: shooting at consecrated wafer. Man's ghost wanders Bee-master puts consecrated host into beehive. Has success with his bees. (Cf. B259.4.) – When he dies, his spirit haunts the place
Filed beside it
Tabu: offending goddess of fortune Tabu: touching possessions of god Tabu: being in presence of god Tabu: refusing credit to god Tabu: rivaling the gods 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Princess's secret sickness from breaking tabu. (Cf. C55.) Magic sickness because girl has thrown away her consecrated wafer. (Cf. C55, C940.1.) Stolen sacred hosts put into coffin. Before death, a woman asks to put a bag into coffin. It is filled with hosts. (Cf. C55, D1031.1.1.)

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