Loss of wife (husband) for breaking tabu — Mythoi

Motif

Loss of wife (husband) for breaking tabu.

Tabu. · Punishment for breaking tabu. · Loss of fortune for breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as C932

Filed across the traditions

Cheremis Sebeok-Nyerges
India Thompson-Balys
Maori Beckwith Myth: 249
general Aarne-Thompson Types 400, 425
general African (Loango): Bechuël-Loesche 109.

Within the index

Filed under Loss of fortune for breaking tabu.

Filed beside it

Dishonor to children because of breaking tabu Building falls because of breaking of tabu. (Cf. C771.1.) 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

The Animal as Bridegroom · ATU 425A 48 recorded variants
Son of the Witch (previously The Disenchanted Husband: the Witch's Tasks) · ATU 425B 12 recorded variants
The Vanished Husband (previously Vanished Husband Learned of by Keeping Inn (Bath-house) · ATU 425D 1 recorded variant

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