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- Other tabus in connection with sacred beings. C90
- Other tabus in connection with sacred beings – miscellaneous. C99
- Sounds heard before death; the sounds are later repeated in connection with the death or funeral. D1827.1.2
- Life Index. Object or animal has mystic connection with person. Changes in one correspond to changes in the other. E760
- Life token. (Cf. E760.) Object (animal, person) has mystic connection with the life of a person, so that changes in the life-token indicate changes in the person, usually disaster or death. E761
- Rivers with marvelous underground connections. Euphrates, Tigris, Tiber, and River Boant really the same which flow through oceans and underground. F715.3
- Woman tests enduring power of gossip by having a servant ride through streets on a flayed ass. By the third day he has ceased to attract attention. She concludes that it will be the same way in connection with her intended marriage. J1075.1
- A box connection. Man refused hospitality tells rich man he is a relative. Asked for the "connection," he tells him there is a box connection. Rich man not understanding, man explains his cart is made of box wood and is tied to a rich man's box tree. Rich man, ashamed, entertains him with all due respect. J1561.6
- Human sacrifice in connection with funeral. (Cf. S260.1.) V11.6.1
- Animal sacrifice in connection with funeral. V11.6.2