μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Tidal wave for breaking tabu.

Tabu. · Punishment for breaking tabu. · Miscellaneous punishments for breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as C984.4

Cited in the index
  • general Lau Islands: Beckwith Myth 19.
Within the index

Filed under Disaster because of broken tabu.

1 finer motif beneath it
Sea rolls in over the land from all sides and a sea serpent comes because of broken tabu
Filed beside it
Great wind because of broken tabu. (Cf. C58.) Storm because of broken tabu Flood because of broken tabu Disastrous lightning for breaking tabu General conflagration for breaking tabu Village sinks in earth for violation of tabu Island split apart for broken tabu

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