μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Tabu: killing certain animals.

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

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Unclassified tabus.

14 finer motifs beneath 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: 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
Filed beside it
Tabu: spinning. Saintyves Contes de Perrault 79ff Tabus for journeys Tabus concerning fighting Tabu: disobedience. All lodgers must obey host implicitly Tabu: loosing bridle in selling man transformed to horse. Disenchantment follows Tabu: exposure to sunlight Tabu: pointing Tabu: playing flute Tabus concerning war Tabu: removing landmarks Tabu: giving away gifts received from animal Tabu: sleeping on bed made of totem-tree Tabu: wastefulness Tabus concerning entry into assembly Tabu: doing thing in certain manner. (Cf. C643, D1791.) Tabu: inciting horse at certain place

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