Tabu: masking as ghost in graveyard

Motif

Tabu: masking as ghost in graveyard.

Tabu. · Tabu connected with supernatural beings. · Other tabus in connection with sacred beings. · view the constellation · filed as C94.5

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

FinnishAarne FFC XXXIII 39 No. 15**
LithuanianBalys Index No. 3441, Legends Nos. 854–858.

Within the index

Filed under Tabu: rudeness to sacred person or thing.

Filed beside it

Tabu: uncivil answer to holy (or supernatural) being Tabu: false and profane swearing of oath Tabu: mocking animal Tabu: calling profanely on God. Daughter of Emperor says to Rabbi: "Your God is a builder; so let him build a tent here." She becomes leprous and must be placed in a tent. (Cf. C51.3.1.)Tabu: throwing away holy image Tabu: ringing of church bell by nun Tabu: refusing homage to saint's bell Tabu: disturbing austerities of an ascetic

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