Immediate death for breaking tabu. (Cf. C52, C51.3, C453, C533.) — Mythoi

Motif

Immediate death for breaking tabu. (Cf. C52, C51.3, C453, C533.)

Tabu. · Punishment for breaking tabu. · Death for breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as C921

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Greek Fox 46 (Semele), 199 (Anchises). – Jewish: *Neuman
India *Thompson-Balys
Chinese Werner 294 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XI
Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 375
African (Ekoi) Talbot, 18, 99, (A'Kikuyu): Barrett 41, (Yoruba): Parkinson 104, (Pangwe): Tessman 370f., (Fang): Tessman.

Within the index

Filed under Death for breaking tabu.

Filed beside it

Death of children for breaking tabu Death of wife for breaking tabu Death by smothering for breaking tabu. Man given secret box conveying the power of making women love him. He disobeys warning and opens it. The women smother him to death. (Cf. C321.) Death by drowning for breaking tabu Death by thirst for breaking tabu. (Cf. C949.4.) Death from rattlesnake bite because of breaking tabu Man (woman) vanishes on breaking of tabu Burning as punishment for breaking tabu Death from insanity as punishment for breaking tabu Death for breaking tabu

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Tabu: boasting of love-conquest Tabu: revealing name of god Tabu: being in presence of god Tabu: touching box

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Horse (mule) with magic speed Tabu: revealing name of god Magic folding mule. Folds up like a sheet of paper. (Cf. B184.1.) Magic plant Magic flower pot bears plants with gold letters and leaves. (Cf. D965.)

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