μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Permanent sign of disobedience for breaking tabu.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Troubles escape when forbidden casket is opened. See references to C321 (Tabu: looking into box)Animals escape when forbidden baskets opened. Origin of animals
Filed beside it
Golden finger as sign of opening forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.)Hair turns to gold as punishment in forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.)Bloody key as sign of disobedience. (Cf. C611, C813.)Continuous action started by breaking tabuObject magically appears when tabu is brokenMare from water world disappears when she is scolded and her halter used for common purposes

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