Golden apple thrown to remind merman's wife not to forget to return to him — Mythoi

Motif

Golden apple thrown to remind merman's wife not to forget to return to him.

Tabu. · Miscellaneous tabus. · Tabus connected with other-world journeys. · view the constellation · filed as C713.4

Cited in the index

general Child I 364f.

Within the index

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

Filed beside it

Tabu: merman's wife not to stay till church benediction Tabu: wife of supernatural husband seeing old home Tabu: wife of merman staying too long at home (on visit). (Cf. C712.1.)

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