Mare from water world disappears when she is scolded and her halter used for common purposes

Motif

Mare from water world disappears when she is scolded and her halter used for common purposes.

Tabu. · Punishment for breaking tabu. · Permanent sign of disobedience for breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as C918

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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.

Irish mythCross.

Within the index

Filed under Permanent sign of disobedience for breaking tabu.

1 finer motif beneath it

Marvelous cow offended disappears

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.)Contents of forbidden receptacle are released Continuous action started by breaking tabu Object magically appears when tabu is broken

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