Tabu

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• Tabu: eating after a guest. C236
• Tabu: feasting by night at beginning of harvest. C237
• Tabu: eating food of certain person. C240
• Tabu: eating food of gods. C241
• Tabu: tasting milk of "cow of plenty", dedicated to the gods. C241.1
• Tabu: eating chief's food. C241.2
• [First Edition: C242. Tabu: eating food of witch (demon).] C242[1st ed.]
• Tabu: eating food of transformed husband. C243
• Tabu: eating food of supernatural lover. C243.1
• Tabu: eating food birds have pecked at. C245
• Tabu: eating with person of certain caste. C246
• Tabu: Jews eating with heathen. C246.1
• Tabu: eating special food of noble girl. C246.2
• Tabu: eating food laid on the grave. C247
• Tabu: eating food kept for animals. C248
• Tabu: drinking. C250
• Tabu: drinking at certain place. C260
• Tabu: drinking from certain fountain. C261
• Tabu: drinking in other world. C262
• Tabu: drinking from certain river between two darknesses. C263
• Tabu: drinking certain things. C270
• Tabu: drinking milk. C271
• Tabu: drinking wine. (Cf. C251.) C272
• Tabu: drinking wine touched by hand of heathen. C272.1
• Tabu: drinking wine at certain time. (Cf. C755.) C272.2
• Tabu: drinking palm-drink: only prince allowed to break it. C272.3
• Tabu: drinking water. C273
• Tabu: drinking water during certain time. C273.1
• Tabu: drinking water from certain bottle. C273.2
• Miscellaneous eating and drinking tabus. C280
• Tabu: drinking without presence of dead heads. C281
• Tabu: refusing a feast. C282
• Tabu: leaving a feast before it is ended. C282.1
• Tabu: eating without giving thanks. C283
• Tabu: eating alone. C284
• Tabu: eating in company. C285
• Tabu: partaking of certain feast. C286
• Tabu: consuming feast without discovering a new wonder. C287
• Tabu: refusing to eat food demanded and supplied. C288
• Looking tabu. C300
• Tabu: looking at certain person or thing. C310
• Tabu: seeing the supernatural. C311
• Tabu: seeing supernatural creatures. C311.1
• Tabu: looking at ghosts. C311.1.1
• Tabu: looking through the upturned sleeve of a fur coat. One sees ghosts. C311.1.1.1
• Tabu: looking at fairies. C311.1.2
• Tabu: looking at mountain-folk. C311.1.3
• Tabu: looking at werewolf. C311.1.4
• Tabu: observing supernatural helper. C311.1.5
• Tabu: seeing witch in her true form. C311.1.6
• Tabu: looking at slain game before it dies. C311.1.7
• Tabu: looking at deity. C311.1.8
• Gods flee at approach of dawn. (Cf. E452.) C311.1.8.1
• Tabu: looking at holy objects. C311.2
• Tabu: man looking at woman. C312
• Tabu: man looking at nude woman. C312.1
• Tabu: man looking at nude goddess. C312.1.1
• Tabu: looking at nude woman riding through town. (Godiva.) C312.1.2
• Tabu: looking at woman – miscellaneous. C312.2
• Tabu: looking at princess on public appearance. C312.2.1
• Tabu: looking at old woman helper as she eats. C312.2.2
• Tabu: looking at supernatural woman who is dismembered. C312.2.3
• Tabu: looking at women performing Bacchic rites. C312.2.4
• Tabu: on looking at daughter for twelve years. C312.3
• Tabu: woman looking at man. C313
• Tabu: princess never to see male person. All men must hide when she goes forth. C313.0.1
• Tabu: woman seeing nude man. C313.1
• Tabu: goddess seeing mortal husband naked. C313.1.1
• Tabu: looking at certain object. C315
• Tabu: looking at certain boat. C315.1
• Tabu: looking at heavenly body. C315.2
• Looking at moon when shooting game. C315.2.1
• Tabu: looking at sun. C315.2.2
• Tabu: looking at sun before prince becomes fourteen years old. C315.2.2.1
• Tabu: looking at rainbow. C315.2.3
• Tabu: looking at water. C315.3
• Tabu: looking at certain well. C315.4
• Tabu: looking on certain island. C315.5
• Tabu: looking at certain animal. C316
• Tabu: seeing herd red-headed and white-starred. C316.1
• Tabu: looking at caribou. C316.2
• Tabu: looking at certain person or thing – miscellaneous. C319
• Tabu: king forbidden to look at his son. C319.1
• Tabu: seeing dead man not killed by weapons. C319.2
• Tabu: looking into certain receptacle. C320
• Tabu: looking into box (Pandora). C321
• Tabu: opening too much of magic box at a time. A priest gives a prince a sealed packet which he is to open in time of distress. He must open only one portion at a time. C321.1
• Tabu: opening gift box prematurely. C321.2
• Tabu: looking into bag. C322
• Bag of winds. Wind is confined in a bag. Man breaks prohibition against looking into bag and releases winds. C322.1
• Tabu: opening bag too soon. C322.2
• Tabu: looking into flask. Man given magic flask on condition that he never look into it. C323
• Tabu: looking into jug. Woman does so and finds mouse in it. C324
• Tabu: looking into magic calabash. C324.1
• Tabu: looking into the pots in hell. C325
• Tabu: looking under certain bell too soon. C326
• Tabu: looking into basket. C327
• Tabu: opening corpse-wrapping. C328
• Tabu: looking in certain direction. C330
• Tabu: looking back. C331
• Tabu: looking back over left shoulder. C331.1
• Travelers to other world must not look back. (Cf. all references to F81.1., Orpheus.) C331.2
• Tabu: looking back during flight. C331.3
• Tabu: looking around. C332
• Tabu: looking up. C333
• Tabu: looking over cemetery walls, lest one see ghosts. C334
• Tabu: looking down upon earth from sky world. C335
• Tabu: woman in other world forbidden to look behind curtains. C336
• Tabu: looking up chimney. C337
• Speaking tabu. C400
• Tabu: speaking during certain time. C401
• Tabu: speaking during vigil. C401.1
• Tabu: speaking during seven days of danger. As result of prophecy of seven days of danger, an injunction of silence is imposed during this period. C401.2
• Tabu: speaking while searching for treasure. C401.3
• Tabu: speaking about lost money which is to be regained by witchcraft. The loser cannot refrain from speaking of his loss; the money cannot be recovered. C401.3.1
• Tabu: speaking while raising sunken church bell. C401.4
• Tabu: speaking while gathering fernseed to make wishes come true, at midnight on Christmas Eve when fernseed ripens and falls immediately. C401.5
• Tabu: speaking while taking a bath. C401.6
• Tabu: speaking before certain time. C402
• Tabu: king speaking before his druids speak. C402.1
• Tabu: people speaking before king speaks. C402.2
• Silence preserved in fairyland. C405
• Tabu: asking questions. C410
• Tabu: asking about marvels which one sees. (Cf. C423.2, C491.) C411
• Tabu: asking for reason of an unusual action. C411.1
• Tabu: expressing surprise in lower world of dead. C413
• Tabu: asking prophet for signs. C415
• Tabu: uttering secrets. C420
• Man (woman) persuaded to reveal fatal secret. C420.1
• Tabu: not to speak about a certain happening. C420.2
• Tabu: uttering secret overheard. C420.3
• Tabu: revealing secret of supernatural husband. C421
• Tabu: revealing identity of certain person. C422
• Tabu: revealing dragon-fighter's identity. Dragon-fighter forbids princess whom he has rescued to tell who he is. C422.1
• Tabu: revealing the marvelous. C423
• Tabu: disclosing source of magic power. C423.1
• Tabu: speaking of extraordinary sight. (Cf. C411, C491.) C423.2
• Tabu: revealing experiences in other world. C423.3
• Tabu: uttering secrets heard from spirits. C423.4
• Tabu: revealing sacred mysteries. C423.5
• Tabu: telling children about lake monster. C423.6
• Tabu: speaking of good luck. C424
• Tabu: revealing knowledge of animal languages. C425
• Tabu: revealing secret song. C426
• Tabu: revealing help of grateful animal. C427
• Tabu: revealing time of Messiah's advent. C428
• Tabu: uttering secrets – miscellaneous. C429
• Tabu: mentioning secret water spring. C429.1
• Name tabu: prohibition against uttering the name of a person or thing. C430
• Tabu: uttering name of god (or gods). C431
• Tabu: uttering name of supernatural creature. C432
• Guessing name of supernatural creature gives power over him. (Tom-Tit-Tot). C432.1
• Tabu: uttering name of malevolent creature (Eumenides). To avoid the evil results of naming these creatures other names are substituted. The Furies are spoken of as Eumenides; rats and mice as "the large" and "the small". C433
• Person obnoxious for his sins spoken of as "the other". C433.1
• Dangerous animals not to be named. C433.2
• Tabu: uttering relative's name. C435
• Tabu: uttering spouse's name. C435.1
• Tabu: uttering name of supernatural wife. C435.1.1
• Woman (fairy) causes twofold death of mortal husband who utters her name. C435.1.1.1
• Tabu: uttering name of other close relations. C435.2
• Tabu: uttering name of sister-in-law. C435.2.1
• Tabu: disclosing own identity. A supernatural person must not tell who he is. C436
• Tabu: giving child a name lest it die early. C437
• Origin tabu. Prohibition against mention of origin of person or thing. C440
• Tabu: mentioning original form of transformed person. (Cf. C31.2, C33.1, and C35.1.) C441
• Family dares not discuss tigers, fearing that son in form of tiger will return. C441.1
• Tabu: mentioning land of person's birth. C442
• Tabu: boasting. C450
• Tabu: boasting of wealth. C451
• Tabu: boasting of children (Niobe). C452
• Tabu: boasting of love-conquest. C453
• Tabu: boasting that one has no need of gods' help. C454
• Tabu: boasting of fearlessness. C455
• Laughing tabu. C460
• Tabu: bearded man laughing when shaken. C461
• Tabu: laughing at sight of ghosts. C462
• Tabu: other vocal expressions. C480
• Whistling tabu. C480.1
• Tabu: whistling in mine. C480.1.1
• Tabu: singing. C481
• Tabu: birds not to sing around home of goddess. C481.1
• Tabu: weeping. C482
• Tabu: people weeping in land of gods. C482.1
• Tabu: whistling. C483
• Tabu: whistling in other world. C483.1
• Tabu: coughing. C484
• Tabu: coughing in other world. C484.1
• Other speaking tabus. C490
• Substitutes for tabu expressions. C490.1
• "Save it for the beggar" (substitute for "save it for tomorrow". You may be dead by tomorrow.) C490.1.1
• Tabu: expressing astonishment at marvel. (Cf. C411, C423.2.) C491
• Tabu: screaming at terrible sight. C491.1
• Tabu: speaking to strangers. C492
• Tabu: thanking (under certain circumstances). C493
• Tabu: wishing good luck. One must not wish a hunter good luck or a sailor good voyage. C493.1
• Tabu: cursing. C494
• Tabu: using any except one certain phrase. C495
• All questions to be answered, "I don't know". A youth is so advised by his horse. C495.1
• "We three" – "For gold" – "That is right". These expressions are the sole conversation of three men. C495.2
• "We three" – "For gold" – "That is right" devil's bargain. Three brothers have agreed to say only these things. They incriminate themselves. C495.2.1