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• Earth from egg breaking on primeval water. (Cf. A1222). A814.9
• Breaking forth of springs partial cause of Flood. A941.6
• Mountains from breaking of God's sieve. He is sifting stones and the bottom of the sieve breaks, letting huge stones and mountains fall through. (Cf. A971.) A963.2
• Origin of rocks from breaking of God's sieve. A971
• Flood partially caused by breaking forth of springs. A1011.1
• Flood as punishment for breaking tabu. A1018.1
• Tabu: breaking promise to fairy: death on twelfth day. C46.1
• Tabu: breaking bones of eaten animal. C221.3.2
• Tabu: breaking twig. C513
• Tabu: breaking the sabbath. C631
• Tabu: breaking up revelry before its end. C874
• Punishment for breaking tabu. C900
• Punishment for breaking tabu: assigner of punishment suffers his own penalty. C901.4
• Permanent sign of disobedience for breaking tabu. C910
• Continuous action started by breaking tabu. C916
• 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
• 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
• 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
• War lost because of breaking tabu. C936
• God's favor lost for breaking tabu. (Cf. C621.) C937
• Loss of fortune for breaking tabu – miscellaneous. C939
• Punishment for breaking tabu: water withdrawn from lake. C939.1
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Nose to be cut off as punishment for breaking tabu. C948.2
• 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
• Person carried off to other world for breaking tabu. C954
• Banishment from heaven for breaking tabu. C955
• Transformation for breaking tabu. C960
• Transformation to object for breaking tabu. C961
• Transformation to pillar of salt for breaking tabu. (Cf. C331.) – C961.1
• Transformation to stone for breaking tabu. (Cf. C331, C452.) C961.2
• Transformation to wood for breaking tabu. C961.3
• Transformation to wooden image for breaking tabu. C961.3.1
• Transformation to tree for breaking tabu. C961.3.2
• Transformation to mountain ridge for breaking tabu. C961.4
• Transformation to anthill for breaking tabu. C961.5
• Transformation to animal for breaking tabu. C962
• Transformation to mouse for breaking tabu. C962.1
• Transformation to bird for breaking tabu. C962.2
• Change of language for breaking tabu. C966
• Valuable object turns to worthless, for breaking tabu. C967
• Disenchantment for breaking tabu. C968
• Miscellaneous punishments for breaking tabu. C980
• Person beaten by whips for breaking tabu. C982
• Tidal wave for breaking tabu. C984.4
• Disastrous lightning for breaking tabu. C984.5
• General conflagration for breaking tabu. C984.6
• Teeth blackened as punishment for breaking tabu. C985.2
• Foul breath from breaking tabu. C985.3