Bloody key as sign of disobedience. (Cf. C611, C813.)

Motif

Bloody key as sign of disobedience. (Cf. C611, C813.)

Tabu. · Punishment for breaking tabu. · Permanent sign of disobedience for breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as C913

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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.

general *Types 311, 312: BP I 404ff.

Within the index

Filed under Permanent sign of disobedience for breaking tabu.

1 finer motif beneath it

Bloody egg as sign of disobedience

Filed beside it

Golden finger as sign of opening forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.)Hair turns to gold as punishment in forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.)Contents of forbidden receptacle are released Continuous action started by breaking tabu Object magically appears when tabu is broken Mare from water world disappears when she is scolded and her halter used for common purposes

Travels with

Forbidden chamber. Person allowed to enter all chambers of house except one

Carried in tale types

Rescue by the Sister · ATU 3114 recorded variants

wander