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- Creator's grandmother. Casually mentioned in the course of the creation myth. A31
- Tabu: mentioning origin of supernatural wife. (Cf. C33.1, C35.1.) C31.2
- Tabu: mentioning origin of supernatural child. (Cf. C31.2, C35.1.) C33.1
- Tabu: mentioning origin of animal wife. (Cf. C31.2, C33.1.) C35.1
- Tabu: mentioning secret water spring. C429.1
- Origin tabu. Prohibition against mention of origin of person or thing. C440
- Tabu: mentioning original form of transformed person. (Cf. C31.2, C33.1, and C35.1.) C441
- Tabu: mentioning land of person's birth. C442
- Person returns to original form when tabu is broken. A person originally transformed from an animal or an object returns to that form when the origin is mentioned. (Cf. C31.2, C33.1, C35.1, C440, C441.) C963
- Gaelic titles given to the devil: the worthless one; the one whom I will not mention; yon one; the one big one; the one from the abyss; the mean mischievous one; the big sorrow; the son of cursing; the big grizzled one; the bad one; the bad spirit; Black Donald. G303.2.4
- Devil leaves at mention of God's name. G303.16.8
- Fight with father's old friend, though only to mention who he is would assure the youth a friendly reception. H1561.2.2
- Mule as descendant of king's war-horse. Fails to mention his mother. J954.1
- Love detected by quickening pulse. A woman's adulterous love detected through her pulse quickening at mention of her lover. J1142.2
- Devil is made sick of his bargain. Devil helps shepherd boy become a minister on condition that he mention Satan by name each time he enters pulpit. Boy consents but does so in such a way that devil begs to abolish the agreement. K262.1
- Trickster reports lost money; searchers leave him in possession of premises. Unable to find a place by the inn fire the trickster mentions that he has lost money on the road. One by one the guests slip out to search and leave him the fire. K341.1
- Son mentioned as daughter in order to save him from enemy's pursuit. K649.4
- Oath not to mention what has been seen. M188
- Curse on everybody on earth who listens to the fatal mentioning of trolls' names, is evaded by person in cave, because he is in the earth. M427
- Parents successively bury alive their sons who mention something about smith's, potter's, washerman's, and tom-tom beater's trade, but keep fifth child who says something about being future king. S311.1