Tabu

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• Tabu: killing totem animal. C841.7
• Tabu: killing deer. C841.8
• Tabu: killing antelope. C841.8.1
• Tabu: killing certain fish. C841.9
• Tabu: killing albatross. C841.10
• Killing albatross causes misfortune to follow killer. C841.10.1
• Tabu: killing a cat. C841.11
• Tabu: exposure to sunlight. C842
• Tabu: working iron under direct rays of sun. C842.1
• Tabu: pointing. C843
• Tabu: pointing at rainbow. C843.1
• Tabu: playing flute. C844
• Tabus concerning war. C845
• Tabu: bringing head of slain enemy within village walls. C845.1
• Tabu: removing landmarks. C846
• Tabu: giving away gifts received from animal. C847
• Tabu: giving away gifts received from fish. C847.1
• Tabu: sleeping on bed made of totem-tree. C848
• Tabu: wastefulness. C851
• Tabu: using food for unworthy purpose. C851.1
• Tabu: wiping children with bread. C851.1.1
• Tabu: using grain to clean child. C851.1.2
• Tabu: throwing "living fire" into river. C851.2
• Tabus concerning entry into assembly. C853
• Tabu: holding meeting at certain place. C853.1
• Tabu: going to assembly of women at certain place. C853.2
• Tabu: doing thing in certain manner. (Cf. C643, D1791.) C854
• Tabu: making withershins circuit. (Cf. D1791.2.) C854.2
• Tabu: inciting horse at certain place. C857
• Tabu: swimming with certain birds. C858
• Tabu: following three red men to certain place. C863
• Tabu: running a race. C865
• Tabu: racing pigeons. C865.1
• Tabu: unusual cruelty. C867
• Tabu: abusing women or children. C867.1
• Tabu: bearded men abusing women and children. C867.1.0.1
• Tabu: stripping dead and slain. C867.2
• Tabu: leaving land entirely unoccupied. C868
• Tabu: refusing a request. C871
• Tabu: bearded man refusing request. C871.0.1
• Tabu: turning away from (refusing requests of) poets. C872
• Tabu: breaking up revelry before its end. C874
• Tabu: carrying child on one's back into house. C875
• Tabu: leaping a camping place. C876
• Tabu concerning clothing. C878
• Tabu: wearing satin. C878.1
• Tabu: wearing silk. C878.2
• Tabu: going to battle without being clothed in silk. C878.2.1
• Tabu: grumbling. C881
• Tabu: grumbling at narrowness of certain boat. C881.1
• Tabu: watching game without aiding loser. C882
• Tabu: crossing graveyard without alighting. C883
• Tabu: concerning riding horses. C884
• Tabu: halting or unloading horse. C884.1
• Tabu: allowing horse to lose his bridle, stray or stale. C884.2
• Tabu: hearing or listening. C885
• Tabu: listening to fluttering of birds after sunset. C885.1
• Tabu: listening to groans of women being violated. C885.2
• Tabu: listening to certain lute. C885.3
• Tabu: plowing with ass and ox together. C886
• Tabu: being in same house with fire, weapon, dog. C887
• Tabu: using leaven for cooking. C888
• Tabu: uncleanliness. C891
• Tabu: riding dirty on black-heeled horse across certain plain. C891.1
• Tabu: bearded man going dirty to bed. C891.2
• Tabu: urinating on fire. C891.3
• Tabu: stranger to play with someone without asking permission. C892
• Tabu: making use of blood. C893
• Tabu: using stone fish-hooks. C895
• Tabus concerning counting. C897
• Tabu: counting the stars. C897.1
• Tabu: taking census. C897.2
• Tabu: calculating time of Messiah's advent. C897.3
• Tabus concerned with mourning. C898
• Additional unclassified tabus. C899
• Tabu: hiding iron. C899.1
• Punishment for breaking tabu. C900
• Tabu imposed. C901
• Tabu imposed by certain person. C901.1
• Tabu imposed on son by father before death. C901.1.1
• Tabu imposed by druid. C901.1.2
• Tabu imposed by lover. C901.1.3
• Tabu imposed by forthputting woman. C901.1.3.1
• Tabu imposed by host. C901.1.4
• Tabu imposed by fairy. C901.1.5
• Tabu imposed by saint. C901.1.6
• Tabu imposed at birth. C901.2
• Tabu imposed by magic. C901.3
• Punishment for breaking tabu: assigner of punishment suffers his own penalty. C901.4
• King breaks his own tabu and meets with the punishment he has set for violation of it. (His nose is cut off). C901.4.1
• Supernatural being punishes breach of tabu. C905
• Dwarf punishes for breach of tabu. C905.1
• Moon punishes for breach of tabu. C905.2
• Permanent sign of disobedience for breaking tabu. C910
• Golden finger as sign of opening forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.) C911
• Hair turns to gold as punishment in forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.) C912
• Bloody key as sign of disobedience. (Cf. C611, C813.) C913
• Bloody egg as sign of disobedience. C913.1
• Contents of forbidden receptacle are released. C915
• Troubles escape when forbidden casket is opened. See references to C321 (Tabu: looking into box). C915.1
• Music-box continues playing when it is touched contrary to tabu. C915.1.1
• Animals escape when forbidden baskets opened. Origin of animals. C915.2
• Animals escape when forbidden calabash is opened. C915.2.1
• Continuous action started by breaking tabu. C916
• Trespass betrayed by dripping candle. (Cf. C31.1, C32.1.) C916.1
• Animals produced when forbidden drum is beaten. C916.2
• Magic porridge-pot keeps cooking. Against command, mother of owner bids pot to cook. It fills house with porridge and will not stop until ordered by mistress. C916.3
• Spinning wheel continues spinning because woman has worked at forbidden time. C916.4
• Object magically appears when tabu is broken. C917
• Tabued pot broken: town appears. C917.1
• Mare from water world disappears when she is scolded and her halter used for common purposes. C918
• Marvelous cow offended disappears. C918.1
• Death for breaking tabu. C920
• Death of children for breaking tabu. C920.1
• Death of wife for breaking tabu. C920.2
• Immediate death for breaking tabu. (Cf. C52, C51.3, C453, C533.) C921
• Death by smothering for breaking tabu. Man given secret box conveying the power of making women love him. He disobeys warning and opens it. The women smother him to death. (Cf. C321.) C922
• Death by choking for breaking tabu. C922.1
• Death by drowning for breaking tabu. C923
• Death by thirst for breaking tabu. (Cf. C949.4.) C924
• Death from rattlesnake bite because of breaking tabu. C925
• Man (woman) vanishes on breaking of tabu. C926
• Burning as punishment for breaking tabu. C927
• Person turned to dust. C927.1
• Falling to ashes as punishment for breaking tabu. C927.2
• Burning and drowning as punishment for breaking tabu. C927.3
• Death from insanity as punishment for breaking tabu. C928
• Death for breaking tabu C929
• "Shame and disgrace" threatened for refusing love of forthputting woman. C929.1
• Death from specific disease for breaking tabu. C929.2
• Death from paralysis for breaking tabu. C929.2.1
• Beheading for breaking tabu. C929.3
• Death by stoning for breaking tabu. C929.4
• Death by being swallowed for breaking tabu. C929.5
• Man sacrificed to the gods for breaking tabu. C929.6
• Loss of fortune for breaking tabu. C930
• Dishonor to children because of breaking tabu. C930.1
• Building falls because of breaking of tabu. (Cf. C771.1.) C931
• Loss of wife (husband) for breaking tabu. C932
• Luck in hunting (fishing) lost for breaking tabu. C933
• Luck in hunting lost for breaking tabu. (Cf. C229.2.) C933.1
• Luck in fishing lost for breaking tabu. C933.2
• Food supply fails because of broken tabu. C934
• Loss of crops because of broken tabu. C934.1
• Land made sterile because of broken tabu. C934.2
• Elves set country afire because of broken tabu. C934.3
• Helpful animal disappears when tabu is broken. C935
• War lost because of breaking tabu. C936
• God's favor lost for breaking tabu. (Cf. C621.) C937
• Immortality lost because of breach of tabu. C937.1
• Rulers of inferior character after tabu is broken. C938
• Loss of fortune for breaking tabu – miscellaneous. C939
• Punishment for breaking tabu: water withdrawn from lake. C939.1
• Punishment for broken tabu: good money turns to counterfeit. C939.2
• Felled trees (cut weeds) return to their places because of broken tabu. C939.3
• Golden Age ends as result of broken tabu. (Cf. A1101.1.) C939.4
• Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu. C940
• Princess's secret sickness from breaking tabu. (Cf. C55.) C940.1
• Daughters' sickness because of father's breaking tabu. C940.2
• Particular disease caused by breaking tabu. C941
• Leprosy from breaking tabu. C941.1
• Swelling of limbs from breaking tabu. C941.2
• Sores on body from breaking tabu. C941.3
• Sore mouth as punishment for breaking tabu. C941.3.1
• Plague for breaking tabu. C941.4
• Paralysis as punishment for broken tabu. C941.5
• Loss of strength from broken tabu. C942
• Loss of magic strength by smoking. C942.1
• Magic horse becomes powerless because of broken tabu. C942.2
• Weakness from seeing woman (fairy) naked. C942.3
• Woman's breasts dry up because of broken tabu. C942.4
• Loss of sight for breaking tabu. (Cf. C51.2.) C943
• Man receives fork in eye for breaking tabu. (Cf. C331.) C943.1
• Loss of one eye for breaking tabu. C943.2
• Sore eyes from breaking tabu. C943.3
• Dumbness as punishment for breaking tabu. (Cf. C311.1.4.) C944
• Magic forgetfulness for breaking tabu. C945
• Limbs affected by breaking tabu. C946
• Limb broken for stepping on grave. (Cf. C520.) C946.1
• Arm shortened for breaking tabu. C946.2
• Magic growth of members for breaking tabu. C946.3
• Magic power lost by breaking tabu. C947
• Mutilation as punishment for breaking tabu. C948
• Mouth expanded because of broken tabu. C948.1
• Nose to be cut off as punishment for breaking tabu. C948.2
• Tongue of woman who breaks tabu protrudes and entwines itself around a post in the home. C948.3
• Man's liver snatched away because of broken tabu. C948.4
• Man's lungs cut out because of broken tabu. C948.5
• Hand cut off for broken tabu. C948.6
• Face chilled because of broken tabu. C948.7
• Head shattered for breaking tabu. C948.8
• Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu – miscellaneous. C949
• Insanity for breaking tabu. C949.1
• Baldness from breaking tabu. C949.2
• Sterility from breaking tabu. C949.3
• Bleeding from breaking tabu. C949.4
• Continued thirst from breaking tabu. (Cf. C924.) C949.5
• Person carried to other world for breaking tabu. C950
• [First Edition: C951. Girl carried off because of broken tabu. (Cf. C756.2.)] C951[1st ed.]
• Immediate return to other world because of broken tabu. (Cf. C31, C31.4, C327.) C952