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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
E
The Dead
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Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| C402.2 | Tabu: people speaking before king speaks. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C405 | Silence preserved in fairyland. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C410 | Tabu: asking questions. *Chauvin V 251, 296, VIII 47 No. 15 n. 1.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C411 | Tabu: asking about marvels which one sees. (Cf. C423.2, C491.) —*Chauvin V 251 No. 148.—African: Werner African 187. |
| C411.1 | Tabu: asking for reason of an unusual action. Spanish Exempla: Keller; Persian: Bricteux Contes Persans 97 No. 4; Indonesian: De Vries Volksverhalen I No. 35 n. |
| C413 | Tabu: expressing surprise in lower world of dead. India: Thompson-Balys; African: Werner African 187. |
| C415 | Tabu: asking prophet for signs. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C420 | Tabu: uttering secrets. Fb "sten" III 553b.—Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 59. |
| C420.1 | Man (woman) persuaded to reveal fatal secret. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| C420.2 | Tabu: not to speak about a certain happening. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| C420.3 | Tabu: uttering secret overheard. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C421 | Tabu: revealing secret of supernatural husband. *Type 425A; *Tegethoff Amor und Psyche 33; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| C422 | Tabu: revealing identity of certain person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C422.1 | Tabu: revealing dragon-fighter's identity. Dragon-fighter forbids princess whom he has rescued to tell who he is.—*Type 300. |
| C423 | Tabu: revealing the marvelous. |
| C423.1 | Tabu: disclosing source of magic power. Penzer V 3 n. 1; German: Grimm No. 85; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 714; Africa (Fang): Trilles 111, 269. |
| C423.2 | Tabu: speaking of extraordinary sight. (Cf. C411, C491.)—*Fb "tale" III 765b; Jewish: Neuman. |
| C423.3 | Tabu: revealing experiences in other world. Hartland Science 201.—India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 240. |
| C423.4 | Tabu: uttering secrets heard from spirits. Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 119.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman. |
| C423.5 | Tabu: revealing sacred mysteries. Jewish: *Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 144; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C423.6 | Tabu: telling children about lake monster. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XXII 21. |
| C424 | Tabu: speaking of good luck. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "aventure". |
| C425 | Tabu: revealing knowledge of animal languages. *Type 670; **Aarne FFC XV; BP I 132; India: *Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman. |
| C426 | Tabu: revealing secret song. African: Werner African 209. |
| C427 | Tabu: revealing help of grateful animal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C428 | Tabu: revealing time of Messiah's advent. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C429 | Tabu: uttering secrets.—miscellaneous. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C429.1 | Tabu: mentioning secret water spring. Africa (Lamami): Bouveignes 27. |
| C430 | Name tabu: prohibition against uttering the name of a person or thing.—*Types 400, 500; *BP I 495; *Clodd Tom-Tit-Tot, The Magic of Names; Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 809; *Nyrop Navnets Magt; *Chauvin VI 106 No. 270; *Fb "navn" II 675b, 676a; Frazer Golden Bough XII 383 s.v. "names".—Irish: Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 70; Welsh: ibid. 100; English-Scottish: Child V 489 s.v. "naming"; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 310 No. 29; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 17.—Jamaica Negro: Beckwith MAFLS XVII *263 No. 66, *277 No. 89.—Africa (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 101, (Vai): Ellis 257 No. 52, (A'Kikuyu): Barrett 42. |
| C431 | Tabu: uttering name of god (or gods). *Frazer Golden Bough XII 383 s.v. "names"; *Chauvin VI 66 No. 233; Hebrew: Exodus 20:7, Gaster Exempla 233f. No. 288; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| C432 | Tabu: uttering name of supernatural creature. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| C432.1 | Guessing name of supernatural creature gives power over him. (Tom-Tit-Tot).—*Type 500; BP I 495; *Clodd Tom-Tit-Tot; Köhler-Bolte I 109; *Fb "gjætte" I 452; Henne-am Rhyn No. 618.—Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (Powell tr.) I 49, *Boberg. |
| C433 | Tabu: uttering name of malevolent creature (Eumenides). To avoid the evil results of naming these creatures other names are substituted. The Furies are spoken of as Eumenides; rats and mice as "the large" and "the small".—*Fb "rotte" III 83a, "mus" II 630b; Güntert Von der Sprache der Götter und Geister (Halle, 1921) 16; ibid. Kalypso 91; Irish myth: Cross; Esthonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 239—248; Greek: Fox 276.—African: Werner African 83. |
| C433.1 | Person obnoxious for his sins spoken of as "the other". Jewish: Neuman.—Krappe "L'autre" The French Review XVII (1944) 145ff. |
| C433.2 | Dangerous animals not to be named. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 134, III 70. |
| C435 | Tabu: uttering relative's name. |
| C435.1 | Tabu: uttering spouse's name. *MacCulloch Childhood 337; Frazer Golden Bough III 333—339 passim.—Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C435.1.1 | Tabu: uttering name of supernatural wife. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C435.1.1.1 | Woman (fairy) causes twofold death of mortal husband who utters her name. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C435.2 | Tabu: uttering name of other close relations. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C435.2.1 | Tabu: uttering name of sister-in-law. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C436 | Tabu: disclosing own identity. A supernatural person must not tell who he is. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C437 | Tabu: giving child a name lest it die early. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 298. |
| C440 | Origin tabu. Prohibition against mention of origin of person or thing. |
| C441 | Tabu: mentioning original form of transformed person. See references in C31.2, C33.1, and C35.1.—MacCulloch Childhood 261; Tupper and Ogle Walter Map 221; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 342 n. 234; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C441.1 | Family dares not discuss tigers, fearing that son in form of tiger will return. Chinese.: Graham. |
| C442 | Tabu: mentioning land of person's birth. Tiersot RTP VI 730; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C450 | Tabu: boasting. Irish: Beal XXI 328; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 161 No. 27, Curtin 19.—Germanic: Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Berufen".—African: Stanley 110, (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 109. |
| C451 | Tabu: boasting of wealth. *Fb "rose" (2) III 81a. |
| C452 | Tabu: boasting of children (Niobe).—Greek: Fox 44, 175; Germanic: Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Berufen". |
| C453 | Tabu: boasting of love-conquest. Greek: Fox 199 (Anchises and Aphrodite). |
| C454 | Tabu: boasting that one has no need of gods' help. Types 830, 836.—Greek: Fox 135 (Ajax the less). |
| C455 | Tabu: boasting of fearlessness. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 319 No. 22. |
| C460 | Laughing tabu. Type 451; BP I 71.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| C461 | Tabu: bearded man laughing when shaken. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C462 | Tabu: laughing at sight of ghosts. Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts. |
| C480 | Tabu: other vocal expressions. |
| C480.1 | Whistling tabu. *Fb I 326 "fløjte". |
| C480.1.1 | Tabu: whistling in mine. U.S.: Baughman (C896.1). |
| C481 | Tabu: singing. |
| C481.1 | Tabu: birds not to sing around home of goddess. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 186. |
| C482 | Tabu: weeping. |
| C482.1 | Tabu: people weeping in land of gods. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 69. |
| C483 | Tabu: whistling. |
| C483.1 | Tabu: whistling in other world. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 3/1301). |
| C484 | Tabu: coughing. |
| C484.1 | Tabu: coughing in other world. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 3/1301). |
| C490 | Other speaking tabus. |
| C490.1 | Substitutes for tabu expressions. |
| C490.1.1 | "Save it for the beggar" (substitute for "save it for tomorrow". You may be dead by tomorrow.)—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C491 | Tabu: expressing astonishment at marvel. (Cf. C411, C423.2.) —*Köhler-Bolte I 220.—Irish: Beal XXI 314; Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 254 No. 31. |
| C491.1 | Tabu: screaming at terrible sight. Hartland Science 243. |
| C492 | Tabu: speaking to strangers. Seneca: Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 166 No. 29. |
| C493 | Tabu: thanking (under certain circumstances). Fb "takke" III 763a; Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 171; Icel.: *Boberg. |
| C493.1 | Tabu: wishing good luck. One must not wish a hunter good luck or a sailor good voyage.—Fb "ønske" III 1178b. |
| C494 | Tabu: cursing. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C495 | Tabu: using any except one certain phrase. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C495.1 | All questions to be answered, "I don't know". A youth is so advised by his horse. *Type 532. |
| C495.2 | "We three"—"For gold"—"That is right". These expressions are the sole conversation of three men. |
| C495.2.1 | "We three"—"For gold"—"That is right" devil's bargain. Three brothers have agreed to say only these things. They incriminate themselves. —*Type 360; BP II 561; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C495.2.2 | "We three"—"For gold"—"That is right": phrases of foreign language. Three travelers know each one phrase of a foreign language. They incriminate themselves. *Type 1697; BP II 561; Nouvelles Récréations No. 20; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C495.2.2.1 | "Yes"—"No"—"Very well".—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C495.3 | All questions to be answered "Thanks". Youth is so advised by old woman helper. Type 593. |
| C496 | Tabu: using obscene language. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C497 | Tabu: speaking to the dead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C498 | Speaking tabu: the one forbidden expression. |
| C498.1 | Speaking tabu: the one forbidden expression—"Sorrow is not eternal".—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C499 | Additional speaking tabus. |
| C499.1 | Tabu: announcing death directly. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C499.2 | Tabu: complimenting. Africa (Pangwe): Tessman 367. C500—C549. |
| C500 | Tabu: touching. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "toucher". —Missouri-French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C501 | Tabu: contact with things belonging to a king. *Frazer Golden Bough@3 III passim.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 95, 98. |
| C510 | Tabu: touching tree (plant). Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres".—Jewish: Neuman; Chatham Islands: Beckwith Myth 19, Notes 10, 11, 12. |
| C511 | Tabu: touching leaves (of tree). Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "feuilles". |
| C512 | Tabu: plucking ear of grain. Gold Coast: Barker and Sinclair 181 No. 36. |
| C513 | Tabu: breaking twig. BP III 62f.; Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Baum". |
| C513.1 | Tabu: cutting branches of tree. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C514 | Tabu: burning saja wood (terminalia tomentosa).—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C515 | Tabu: touching (plucking) flowers. Type 451; Hartland Science 200.—English-Scottish: Child I 360 n.; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 17. |
| C516 | Tabu: lying under tree. Girl who does so carried off by fairies. (Cf. C520.)—English-Scottish: Child V 499 s.v. "trees"—Irish myth: Cross. |
| C517 | Tabu: pulling nuts. English-Scottish: Child I 360 n. |
| C518 | Tabu: cutting down tree. Jewish: Neuman; Maori: Clark 95; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z—G 3/1174). |
| C518.1 | Cutting elder tree fatal to man. (See C920.)—England: Baughman. |
| C518.2 | Cutting white thorn tree fatal to man who cuts it. (Cf. C920.) Ireland: Baughman; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I No. 311, Fb "hvidtjørn" I 703 a. |
| C519 | Tabu: touching tree (plant)—miscellaneous. |
| C519.1 | Tabu: harming tree in any way before burning it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C520 | Tabu: touching ground. (Cf. C516.) Hartland Science 197.—Irish myth: Cross; Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 246; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 303. |
| C521 | Tabu: dismounting from horse. Hartland Science 199; Irish myth: Cross. |
| C521.1 | Tabu: dismounting from magic sack. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| C522 | Tabu: plowing in certain place. Fb "plove" II 849b, "höj" I 741b.—Africa (Kaffir): Theal 30 No. 1, 41 No. 2, (Basuto): Jacottet 100 No. 15, (Zulu): Callaway 99, (Yoruba): Ellis 253 No. 4. |
| C523 | Tabu: digging. (Cf. C522.)—N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 332 n. 197. |
| C523.1 | Tabu: digging up certain stones. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C523.2 | Tabu: digging in fairy ring. England: Baughman. |
| C524 | Tabu: disembarking from boat on return from other world. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C525 | Tabu: picking up card fallen to ground. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cartes". |
| C526 | Tabu: touching sacred mountain. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C530 | Tabu: touching (miscellaneous). |
| C531 | Tabu: touching with iron. *MacCulloch Childhood 339; Hartland Science 163f.; Fb "jærn" II 61a.—Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 93. |
| C531.1 | Umbilical cord not to be cut with iron. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C532 | Tabu: touching water. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C533 | Tabu: touching box. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 203. |
| C533.1 | Tabu: touching magic box. (Cf. D1174.) Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 18, 178, (Vai): Ellis 187 No. 3, (Basuto): Jacottet 220 No. 33. |
| C535 | Tabu: stepping on bread (or otherwise misusing it). *Fb "brød" IV 74a. |
| C536 | Tabu: not to clean houses with cow-dung. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C537 | Tabu: touching certain animals. |
| C537.1 | Tabu: touching camel after he has retired from work. Cyprus: Hadjioannou Kypriakoi Mythoi (Leukosia, 1948) No. 22. |
| C537.2 | Tabu: touching hairless dog. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 343. |
| C537.3 | Tabu: touching horse or moving dead cat or dog. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C541 | Tabu: contact with the dead. Jewish: *Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 341, 452, Rasmussen III 104. |
| C541.1 | Tabu: dead body not to be on ship. English-Scottish: Child I 245 n. |
| C541.2 | Head of slain man must not be moved. Fb "hoved" I 655a. |
| C541.3 | Tabu: touching bones of murdered person. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C541.4 | Tabu: lying on ancestors' bones. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3541. |
| C541.5 | Tabu: taking down corpse of hanged man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C541.6 | Tabu: embalming. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C542 | Tabu: touching treasures of other world. *Krappe Balor 125 n. 17.—Icel.: Herrmann Saxo II 589; MacCulloch Eddic 321, *Boberg. |
| C542.1 | Tabu: contact with things on journey to hell. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C542.2 | Tabu: touching fire in other world. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 45. |
| C543 | Tabu: picking up comb from ground. It belongs to fairy (witch) who will avenge insult. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 22 note.—Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| C544 | Tabu: crushing eggs. |
| C544.1 | Tabu: crushing lizard's eggs. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 127. |
| C545 | Tabu: touching certain clothes. |
| C545.1 | Tabu: touching old clothes. (Abandoned clothes should be thrown away.)—Tahiti: Henry 143. |
| C545.2 | Tabu: touching clothes of certain person. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 58. |
| C545.3 | Tabu: touching dress. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| C546 | Tabu: striking certain rock. Samoa: Beckwith Myth 19, notes 10—12. |
| C549 | Tabu: touching (miscellaneous). |
| C549.1 | Tabu: tiger and lion after having killed a man not to touch certain animals: cow, buffalo, pig, deer, wild goat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C549.1.1 | Tabu: touching a horse or moving a dead cat or dog. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C549.2 | Tabu: touching soldiers of enchanted (sleeping) army and their horses. Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| C550 | Class tabu. Missouri French: Carrière. |
| C551 | Untouchables. Certain castes whose touch is considered a pollution. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C551.1 | Tabu: touching food of another caste. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C560 | Tabu: things not to be done by certain class. Irish Myth: Cross. |
| C561 | Tabus of slaves. |
| C561.1 | Tabu: slave going near fetish. African (Ekoi): Talbot 27; Maori: Clark 128; Jewish: Neuman. |
| C563 | Tabus of kings. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| C563.1 | Tabu: king traveling alone. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C563.2 | Tabu: king having physical blemish. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| C563.3 | Tabu: king allowing rapine during his reign. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C563.4 | Tabu: king settling quarrel among thralls. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C563.5 | Tabu: appearing before king without having been summoned. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C563.6 | Tabu: killing king, even at his own request. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C564 | Tabus of chiefs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C564.1 | Tabu: chief being in ale-house when there is no story-telling. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C564.2 | Tabu: chief's troop not having a herald. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C564.3 | Tabu: chief to be in large company without wolf-hounds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C564.4 | Cloth from certain bark tabu to all except chiefs. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 144. |
| C564.5 | Tabu: altar smoke from sacrifice touching young chief. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth: 346. |
| C564.6 | Tabu: teaching genealogy of chiefs to commoners. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 309. |
| C564.7 | Tabu: touching head of chief. Hawaii, Marquesas, Lau Islands: Beckwith Myth 468. |
| C564.8 | Tabu: chieftainess preparing food. Maori: Clark 2. |
| C564.9 | Tabu: chief going outdoors in spite of provocations. Hawaii Beckwith Myth 118. |
| C565 | Tabus of bearded men. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C565.1 | Tabu: labor by bearded man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C565.2 | Tabu: bearded man being lazy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C566 | Tabus of heroes. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| C566.1 | Tabu: fish hero snaring a being in the bays of his land. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C566.2 | Tabu: birds feeding on hero's land without leaving him something. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C566.3 | Tabu: women leaving hero's land without his knowing it. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C566.4 | Tabu: women marrying until hero has chosen their husbands. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C566.5 | Tabu: warriors being in hero's land without receiving challenge from him. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C566.6 | Tabu: sex activity for warriors. (Cf. C110.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| C567 | Tabus of princesses. |
| C567.1 | Tabu: eloping with king's daughter. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C567.2 | Tabu: princess stepping in water. Madagascar (Tsimihety): Renel I 144ff. No. 26. |
| C568 | Tabus of poets. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C568.1 | Tabu: poets to be ignorant of national literature. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C572 | Tabus of a thief. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C573 | Tabus of priests. Jewish: *Neuman; Maori: Clark 132, 149. |
| C575 | Tabus of bastards. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C576 | Tabus of strangers. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C600 | Unique prohibition. A person is forbidden to do one particular thing; everything else he is free to do.—Celtic: *Schoepperle Tristan and Isolt. II 307.—Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| C601 | Unique prohibition announced by mysterious voice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C610 | The one forbidden place. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "interdits". —Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys; Jewish: *Neuman; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 86; Africa (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. KS. IV 219; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 70, 186; Marquesas: Handy 36; New Hebrides: Codrington 385; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z—G 13/317). |
| C611 | Forbidden chamber. Person allowed to enter all chambers of house except one.—Types 311, 312, 313, 314, 480, 502, 516, 710; *BP I 21; *Cox Cinderella 484; Roberts* (Type 480) 174.—*MacCulloch Childhood 306; *Chauvin V 302 No. 117; **Hartland FLJ III 193; Fb "kammer" II 83, "menneske" II 577b; Penzer II 223 n. 1, 252f., VII 21 n. 3, VIII 57 n. 1; Rösch FFC LXXVII 98; Clouston Tales I 198ff.; Köhler-Bolte I 129, 312.—Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 101; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chambre"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 23; Missouri French: Carrière; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 304 No. 30; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Spanish Exempla: Keller.—Seneca: Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 135 No. 21; Tonga: Gifford 189. |
| C611.1 | Forbidden door. All doors may be entered except one. *Kirby FLJ V 112; *Chauvin V 203 No. 117; India: Thompson-Balys; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 275 No. 86; Seneca: Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 75 No. 1. |
| C611.1.1 | Prince not to be given eighth key until after he has ruled for five years. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C611.2 | Forbidden stables. Person allowed to enter everywhere but into three stables. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| C611.3 | Forbidden ladder. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C612 | Forbidden forest. (Cf. C614.1.0.2.)—Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 142; African (Pahouini): Largeau 195, (Bondei): Woodward FL XXXVI 367ff. No. 12. |
| C614 | Forbidden road. All roads may be taken except one. India: *Thompson-Balys; African (Zulu): Callaway 96, (Kaffir): Theal 86. |
| C614.1 | Forbidden direction of travel. Person free to go in any other. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| C614.1.0.1 | Tabu: going in a certain direction while tending cattle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C614.1.0.2 | Tabu: hunting in certain part of forest. (Cf. C612.) —India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| C614.1.0.3 | Forbidden direction: not to step outside a certain line. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C614.1.1 | Forbidden direction: north. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| C614.1.2 | Forbidden direction: south. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| C614.1.3 | Forbidden direction: west. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| C614.1.4 | Forbidden direction: east. |
| C614.1.5 | Tabu: going in direction either of sunset or sunrise. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C614.2 | Tabu: going through a wicket gate. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C615 | Forbidden body of water. Mono-Alu: Wheeler 69. |
| C615.1 | Forbidden lake (pool). |
| C615.2 | Hero not to swim in certain lake. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C615.3 | Lake forbidden at certain time. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C615.4 | Tabu: not to rest near a lake. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C615.5 | Certain pool to be approached only when properly attired. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 288. |
| C616 | Tabu: feasting visitor at certain place. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C617 | Forbidden country. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| C617.1 | Forbidden (perilous) ford. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C619 | The one forbidden place—miscellaneous. |
| C619.1 | Forbidden hostel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C619.2 | Tabu: going into wild boar's haunt. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C619.3 | Forbidden horse fair. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C619.4 | Tabu: women to be on certain island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C620 | Tabu: partaking of the one forbidden object. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C621 | Forbidden tree. Fruit of all trees may be eaten, except one. *Frazer Testament I 45ff.; *Dh I 208ff.—Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 381ff.; Burmese, Indo-Chinese: Scott Indo-Chinese 265, 289.—N. A. Indian (Biloxi): Dorsey and Swanton RBAE XLVII 32; (Quiché): Alexander Lat. Am. 171; S. Am. Indian (Yuracare): ibid. 315. |
| C621.1 | Tree of knowledge forbidden. Dh I 212ff.—Jewish: *Neuman. |
| C621.2 | Tabu: touching fruit. |
| C621.2.1 | Tabu: touching apple. Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. *"Apfel" n. 31.—Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 41 No. 301. |
| C621.2.2 | Tabu: touching banana. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 146. |
| C622 | Forbidden drinking horn. One may drink from anything else. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C623 | Forbidden well. (One may not go there unless accompanied by cup-bearers.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| C623.1 | Well upon which no one can look without losing his eyes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C624 | Forbidden barrel. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C625 | Tabu: opening bottle. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 214, No. 163. |
| C630 | Tabu: the one forbidden time. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C631 | Tabu: breaking the sabbath. Hebrew: Exodus 20; 8—12.—Jewish: *Neuman; Irish myth: Cross; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 17f. Nos. 157—170. |
| C631.1 | Tabu: journeying on sabbath. Jewish: *Neuman; Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C631.2 | Tabu: spinning on holy days. Fb "spinde" III 491b—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 177. |
| C631.3 | Tabu: washing hair on sabbath. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| C631.4 | Tabu: lighting or extinguishing lights on sabbath. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C631.5 | Tabu: writing on sabbath. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C631.6 | Tabu: playing music on sabbath. Jewish: Neuman. |
| C632 | Tabu: going abroad on Hallowe'en. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C634 | Tabu: fasting on holidays. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| C635 | Tabu: giving ring at certain time. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C636 | Tabu: hunting on shortest day in the year. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 341. |
| C640 | Unique prohibition—miscellaneous. |
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