μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Tabu: killing stork. Bird was once maiden. (Cf. A1715, A1966.)

Tabu. · Miscellaneous tabus. · Unclassified tabus. · Unclassified tabus. · view the constellation · filed as C841.1

Cited in the index
  • general Dh III 286. – Fb "stork" III 592.
Within the index

Filed under Tabu: killing certain animals.

Filed beside it
Clerics' voyage unsuccessful because they sailed in boats of skin Tabu: wounding animal; must be killed outright Tabu: killing animal which takes refuge with one Tabu: hunting birds. Supernatural lover (king of birds) tells woman that son must not do so Tabu: burning caterpillars Tabu: hunting a pig Tabu: killing a swan Tabu: killing golden duck Tabu: killing totem animal Tabu: killing deer Tabu: killing certain fish Tabu: killing albatross Tabu: killing a cat
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Animals from transformed man. (Cf. A2005, A2011.2.) Creation of stork. (Cf. A1715.)

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