69 motifs match “forbidden”  ·  back to the chapters

• Origin of Adam's apple. Forbidden fruit sticks in Adam's throat. A1319.1
• Paradise lost because of forbidden fruit (drink). (Cf. A1346). A1331.1
• Paradise lost because of forbidden food. A1331.1.1
• Origin of menstruation – punishment because Eve ate forbidden fruit. A1355.1.1
• Origin of pleasant and unpleasant women. Contest arranged by Virgin Mary – laughter forbidden for some time. A1372.7
• Creation of animals as punishment for beating forbidden drum. A1731
• Crab beats deity's forbidden drum: eyes lift out of body. (Cf. A2332.4.2.) A2231.10
• Animals eat deity's forbidden fruit: punished. (Cf. A2371.3.1.) A2234.2
• Lemur looks where forbidden: has big eyes. (Cf. A2332.3.1.) A2234.3
• Hare weeps for mother when forbidden: moon hits him and cleaves lip. (Cf. A2211.2, A2231.8, A2342.1.) A2234.4
• Magpie tells man he is to die next day: no tongue and long tail. God pulls out his tongue and makes his tail long for doing this forbidden thing. (Cf. A2344.2.6, A2378.3.1.) A2236.4
• Druidism forbidden. C10.1
• Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time. C117
• Tabu: eating forbidden herbs. C224.2
• Tabu: king forbidden to look at his son. C319.1
• Tabu: woman in other world forbidden to look behind curtains. C336
• Speaking tabu: the one forbidden expression. C498
• Speaking tabu: the one forbidden expression C498.1
• Unique prohibition. A person is forbidden to do one particular thing; everything else he is free to do. C600
• The one forbidden place. C610
• Forbidden chamber. Person allowed to enter all chambers of house except one. C611
• Forbidden door. All doors may be entered except one. C611.1
• Forbidden stables. Person allowed to enter everywhere but into three stables. C611.2
• Forbidden ladder. C611.3
• Forbidden forest. (Cf. C614.1.0.2.) C612
• Forbidden road. All roads may be taken except one. C614
• Forbidden direction of travel. Person free to go in any other. C614.1
• Forbidden direction: not to step outside a certain line. C614.1.0.3
• Forbidden direction: north. C614.1.1
• Forbidden direction: south. C614.1.2
• Forbidden direction: west. C614.1.3
• Forbidden direction: east. C614.1.4
• Forbidden body of water. C615
• Forbidden lake (pool). C615.1
• Lake forbidden at certain time. C615.3
• Forbidden country. C617
• Forbidden (perilous) ford. C617.1
• The one forbidden place – miscellaneous. C619
• Forbidden hostel. C619.1
• Forbidden horse fair. C619.3
• Tabu: partaking of the one forbidden object. C620
• Forbidden tree. Fruit of all trees may be eaten, except one. C621
• Tree of knowledge forbidden. C621.1
• Forbidden drinking horn. One may drink from anything else. C622
• Forbidden well. (One may not go there unless accompanied by cup-bearers.) C623
• Forbidden barrel. C624
• Tabu: the one forbidden time. C630
• The one forbidden thing: returning to home country after marrying fairy. C644
• Tabu: landing on certain island during forbidden period. C755.7
• Overweening pride in good fortune forbidden. Man proud that he and his clan have never known unhappiness or want swallowed up by earth. C770.1
• Golden finger as sign of opening forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.) C911
• Hair turns to gold as punishment in forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.) C912
• Contents of forbidden receptacle are released. C915
• Troubles escape when forbidden casket is opened. See references to C321 (Tabu: looking into box). C915.1
• Animals escape when forbidden baskets opened. Origin of animals. C915.2
• Animals escape when forbidden calabash is opened. C915.2.1
• Animals produced when forbidden drum is beaten. C916.2
• Spinning wheel continues spinning because woman has worked at forbidden time. C916.4
• Task: shouting from forbidden place. H1199.3
• Sleep forbidden until quest is accomplished. H1247
• Old man contented till forbidden to leave city. Immediately disobeys. H1557.3
• Forbidden to think. A husband forbids a wife to think. During his absence she roasts a chicken, eats it, and leaves two drumsticks on the table. The husband asks for the chicken. "Since you have forbidden me to think, I did not think of you." The ban is lifted. J1511.8
• Priest forbidden to have female servant ostentatiously washes his own clothes. Bishop reverses the order. J1539.1
• Astrology forbidden. M302.4.1
• Debtor clerics forbidden churchly offices. (Cf. Q271.) Q499.5
• Practice of one's religion forbidden. S466
• Lovers forbidden to marry starve themselves to death. T87
• Funeral rites forbidden. V62.1
• X751.Marriage forbidden outside the parish. An order is read in church forbidding the young people to marry girls from other parishes. X751