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Motifs — first 20 of 69
- 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