Tabu: hunting birds. Supernatural lover (king of birds) tells woman that son must not do so

Motif

Tabu: hunting birds. Supernatural lover (king of birds) tells woman that son must not do so.

Tabu. · Miscellaneous tabus. · Unclassified tabus. · Unclassified tabus. · view the constellation · filed as C841.2

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish mythCross.

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

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