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Group No. 42


Letter

C. Tabu

Group No.

C100 – C199

Group name

Sex Tabu

Description

C111. Tabu: loss of chastity. Hero loses power with loss of chastity. – Wesselski Mönchslatein 185 No. 144; Jewish: Neuman; Gaster Thespis 327f.; Róheim Animism, Magic, and the Divine King 1ff.; Jastrow Religion of Babylonia and Assyria 475ff. – Cf. Stories of knights of the Round Table, e.g. Galahad. – *Crane Vitry 237 No. 247; Herbert Catalogue of Romances III 20; Irish myth: Cross. – N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 335 n. 209a.
D1837. Magic weakness. T300. Chastity and celibacy.
 
C113. Tabu: sodomy. Hebrew: Leviticus 20: 15f.; Jewish: Neuman.
 
C114. Tabu: incest. **Rank Inzestmotiv. – Hebrew: Leviticus 20: 11ff.; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
C116. Tabu: sexual intercourse in sacred precinct. (Cf. Q551.3.) – *Krappe Balor 82ff.; Jewish: Neuman; Icelandic: Boberg.
 
C119.1. Tabu: sexual intercourse at certain time. Jewish: Neuman.
 
C119.1.2. Tabu: sexual intercourse on Sabbath. Jewish: Neuman.
 
C140. Tabu connected with menses. Jewish: *Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 530f; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
C142. Tabu: sexual intercourse during menses. Hebrew: Leviticus 20:18; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
C144. Ground defiled by menstrual blood. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
C145. Tabu: not to touch certain things during menses. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
C153.1. Tabu: carrying corpse of woman who died in childbirth. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
C162.3. Tabu: marrying outside of group (or caste). Jewish: *Neuman.
 
C169.2. Tabu: giving younger daughter in marriage before elder. Jewish: Neuman.
 
C171. Mother-in-law tabu. Mother-in-law and son-in-law must not have anything to do with each other. – *Frazer Golden Bough XII 378 s.v. "mother-in-law"; *Andree Ethnographische Parallelen (1878) 159. – Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Zulu): Calaway 164, (Upoto): Einstein 129.
 
C172. Sister-in-law tabu: older brother must avoid younger brother's wife. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
C173. Daughter-in-law tabu. Jewish: Neuman.
 
C181.3. Tabu: women not to touch man's weapons. (Cf. C835.2.) – *Krappe Études de Mythologie 115ff., Jewish: Neuman; Icelandic: Boberg.
 
C181.12. Tabu: woman sacrificing in temple. Jewish: Neuman.
 
C193. Tabu: consorting with a woman. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.

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