μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Mutilation as punishment for breaking tabu.

Tabu. · Punishment for breaking tabu. · Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as C948

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Jewish Neuman.
Within the index

Filed under Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Mouth expanded because of broken tabu Nose to be cut off as punishment for breaking tabu Tongue of woman who breaks tabu protrudes and entwines itself around a post in the home Man's liver snatched away because of broken tabu Man's lungs cut out because of broken tabu Hand cut off for broken tabu Face chilled because of broken tabu Head shattered for breaking tabu
Filed beside it
Princess's secret sickness from breaking tabu. (Cf. C55.) Daughters' sickness because of father's breaking tabu Particular disease caused by breaking tabu Loss of strength from broken tabu Loss of sight for breaking tabu. (Cf. C51.2.) Dumbness as punishment for breaking tabu. (Cf. C311.1.4.) Magic forgetfulness for breaking tabu Limbs affected by breaking tabu Magic power lost by breaking tabu Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu – miscellaneous

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