The cursed dancers. Dancers rude to holy man (Jesus) cursed and must keep dancing till Judgment Day

Motif

The cursed dancers. Dancers rude to holy man (Jesus) cursed and must keep dancing till Judgment Day.

Tabu. · Tabu connected with supernatural beings. · Other tabus in connection with sacred beings. · view the constellation · filed as C94.1.1

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Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

SwissJegerlehner Oberwallis 296f. Nos. 3, 28
Finnish-SwedishWessman 18 No. 168.
general *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 309 n. 1
general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 388
general Ward Catalogue II 660 No. 30
general *Herbert ibid, III 283, 312
general Alphabet No. 215

Within the index

Filed under Tabu: uncivil answer to holy (or supernatural) being.

Filed beside it

Tabu: failure to give alms to Brahmans Tabu: discourtesy toward priest (rabbi, etc.)

Carried in tale types

Breaking the Sabbath · ATU 779J*1 recorded variant

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