25 motifs match “offending”  ·  back to the chapters

• Tabu: offending spirits of the dead. C16
• Tabu: offending supernatural relative. C30
• Tabu: offending supernatural wife. Upon slight offence the wife leaves for her old home. C31
• Tabu: offending supernatural husband. (Cf. C36.) C32
• Offending supernatural child. C33
• Tabu: offending animal wife. C35
• Tabu: offending animal husband. (Cf. C32). C36
• Tabu: offending other animal relatives. C37
• Tabu: offending spirits of water, mountain, etc. C40
• Tabu: offending water-spirit. C41
• Tabu: offending mountain-spirit. C42
• Tabu: offending wood-spirit. (Cf. C51.2.2, C64.) C43
• Tabu: offending spirit of banyan tree. C43.1
• Tabu: offending guardian spirits. C44
• Tabu: offending devil. A smith or priest continually insults the devil's statue or picture (cf. C13). The devil brings the offender into dangerous situation (suspicion of theft or murder), and saves him miraculously when he promises never again to abuse the devil's likeness. C45
• Tabu: offending fairy. C46
• Tabu: offending the gods. C50
• Tabu: offending goddess of fortune. C50.1
• Tabu: offending other sacred beings. C70
• Tabu: offending heavenly bodies. C75
• Tabu: offending the moon. C75.1
• Tabu: offending sacred cow. C94.3.1.1
• Log of wood animated by spirit of malignant holy man strikes left and right to kill offending villagers. (Cf. D956.) D1401.8
• Man punishes offending part of his body. J1867
• Nun tells friar to get rid of offending member. He does so. J1919.5.2