μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Loss of fortune for breaking tabu.

Tabu. · Punishment for breaking tabu. · Loss of fortune for breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as C930

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen I 322, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 234
  • general African (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 109.
Within the index
10 finer motifs beneath it
Dishonor to children because of breaking tabu Building falls because of breaking of tabu. (Cf. C771.1.) Loss of wife (husband) for breaking tabu Luck in hunting (fishing) lost for breaking tabu Food supply fails because of broken tabu Helpful animal disappears when tabu is broken War lost because of breaking tabu God's favor lost for breaking tabu. (Cf. C621.) Rulers of inferior character after tabu is broken Loss of fortune for breaking tabu – miscellaneous
Carried in tale types

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