Transformation by breaking tabu

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Transformation by breaking tabu.

Magic. · Transformation. · Means of transformation. · Transformation by breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as D510

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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.

TahitiBeckwith Myth 468
Eskimo (Mackenzie Area)Jenness 154.

Within the index

7 finer motifs beneath it

Transformation by breaking name tabu. (Cf. C430.)Transformation by expressing astonishment at marvel Transformation by violation of looking tabu. (Cf. C300.)Transformation by plucking flowers in enchanted garden Transformation through excessive grief Transformation because of disobedience Woman transformed for nourishing an animal

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