Limb broken for stepping on grave. (Cf. C520.)

Motif

Limb broken for stepping on grave. (Cf. C520.)

Tabu. · Punishment for breaking tabu. · Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as C946.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Limbs affected by breaking tabu.

Filed beside it

Arm shortened for breaking tabu Magic growth of members for breaking tabu

Travels with

Tabu: touching ground. (Cf. C516.)

wander