Tabu: wife of merman staying too long at home (on visit). (Cf. C712.1.) — Mythoi

Motif

Tabu: wife of merman staying too long at home (on visit). (Cf. C712.1.)

Tabu. · Miscellaneous tabus. · Tabus connected with other-world journeys. · view the constellation · filed as C713.3

Filed across the traditions

Norwegian Child I 364.

Within the index

Filed under Forsaken merman. Tabu: association of fairy's (merman's, etc.) human wife (husband) with human relatives.

1 finer motif beneath it

Tabu: beast-husband staying too long at home: becomes sick

Filed beside it

Tabu: merman's wife not to stay till church benediction Tabu: wife of supernatural husband seeing old home Golden apple thrown to remind merman's wife not to forget to return to him

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Tabu: staying too long in fairyland. (Cf. C713.3.)

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