μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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

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

Within the index

Filed under Tabus connected with other-world journeys.

4 finer motifs beneath 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.) Golden apple thrown to remind merman's wife not to forget to return to him
Filed beside it
Tabu: going into bath on return from serpent kingdom. (Cf. C721.) Tabu: staying too long in other world Tabus concerning requests made in otherworld Tabu: speaking in otherworld. (Cf. C400.) Tabu: removing hats while in otherworld

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