μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Transformation for breaking tabu.

Tabu. · Punishment for breaking tabu. · Transformation for breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as C960

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Jewish Neuman.
Within the index
6 finer motifs beneath it
Transformation to object for breaking tabu Transformation to animal for breaking tabu Person returns to original form when tabu is broken. A person originally transformed from an animal or an object returns to that form when the origin is mentioned. (Cf. C31.2, C33.1, C35.1, C440, C441.) Change of language for breaking tabu Valuable object turns to worthless, for breaking tabu Disenchantment for breaking tabu

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