Motif-Index of Folk-Literature/Volume 1/C/900
C900—C999. Punishment for breaking tabu.
C900. Punishment for breaking tabu. India: *Thompson-Balys.
F361. Fairy's revenge. Q200. Deeds punished. Q400. Kinds of punishment.
C901. Tabu imposed. Irish myth: Cross.
Q431. Imposition of tabu as punishment.
C901.1. Tabu imposed by certain person. Irish myth: Cross.
C901.1.1. Tabu imposed on son by father before death. India: Thompson-Balys.
C901.1.2. Tabu imposed by druid. Irish myth: Cross.
D1711.4. Druid as magician. G583. Demons coerced by geasa of druids. P427. Druid.
C901.1.3. Tabu imposed by lover. Irish myth: Cross.
F301. Fairy lover.
C901.1.3.1. Tabu imposed by forthputting woman. Irish myth: Cross.
T55. Girl as wooer.
C901.1.4. Tabu imposed by host. Irish myth: Cross.
P320. Hospitality.
C901.1.5. Tabu imposed by fairy. Irish myth: Cross.
C841.2. Tabu: killing birds. F361. Fairy's revenge.
C901.1.6. Tabu imposed by saint. Irish myth: Cross.
D1713. Magic power of hermit (saint).
C901.2. Tabu imposed at birth. Irish myth: Cross.
T583. Accompaniments of childbirth.
C901.3. Tabu imposed by magic. Irish myth: Cross.
D2060. Death or bodily injury by magic. D2070. Bewitching.
C901.4. Punishment for breaking tabu: assigner of punishment suffers his own penalty.
T258.1. The curious wife: wait and see.
C901.4.1. King breaks his own tabu and meets with the punishment he has set for violation of it. (His nose is cut off). India: Thompson-Balys.
C905. Supernatural being punishes breach of tabu.
C905.1. Dwarf punishes for breach of tabu. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 322.
C905.2. Moon punishes for breach of tabu. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 90—95.
C910. Permanent sign of disobedience for breaking tabu. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 11.
A2231.3. Animal characteristics: punishment for working on holy day. A2234. Animal characteristics punishment for disobedience.
C911. Golden finger as sign of opening forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.) — *Type 710; BP I 21 (Grimm Nos 3, 136). — Missouri French: Carrière.
D475.1. Transformation: objects to gold. D2100. Magic wealth.
C912. Hair turns to gold as punishment in forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.) — *Types 314, 480; Fb "hår" I 771b; German: Grimm No. 136; Roberts Type 480 p. 174.
D475.1.10. Transformation: hair to gold. D1454.1. Hair furnishes treasure. D2100. Magic wealth.
D474.1. Transformation: key becomes bloody. D1176. Magic key. D1654.3. Indelible blood.
C913.1. Bloody egg as sign of disobedience. German: Grimm No. 46.
C915. Contents of forbidden receptacle are released.
C915.1. Troubles escape when forbidden casket is opened. See references to C321 (Tabu: looking into box).
C915.1.1. Music-box continues playing when it is touched contrary to tabu. — Köhler's notes to Gonzenbach Sicilianische Märchen No. 15.
A1174.1. Night (darkness) in package released. A2003. Origin of insects: released from sack. Looking tabu broken. C322.1. Bag of winds. Wind is confined in a bag. Man breaks prohibition against looking into bag and releases winds.
C915.2. Animals escape when forbidden baskets opened. Origin of animals. India: Thompson-Balys.
A1731. Creation of animals as punishment for beating forbidden drum.
C915.2.1. Animals escape when forbidden calabash is opened. African (Yoruba): Frobenius Atlantis X 232f. No. 16.
C916. Continuous action started by breaking tabu.
D94.1.1. The cursed dancers. Dancers rude to holy man cursed and must keep dancing till Judgment Day. D1793. Magic results from eating or drinking. D2172. Continuing magic acts.
C916.1. Trespass betrayed by dripping candle. (Cf. C31.1, C32.1.) — *Type 425; *Tegethoff 39; *BP III 114.
C916.2. Animals produced when forbidden drum is beaten. Gold Coast: Barker and Sinclair 90, No. 16.
A1731. Creation of animals as punishment for beating forbidden drum. A2231.10. Crab beats deity's forbidden drum: eyes lift out of body.
C916.3. Magic porridge-pot keeps cooking. Against command, mother of owner bids pot to cook. It fills house with porridge and will not stop until ordered by mistress. — *Type 565; BP II 438ff.; *Aarne JSFO XXVII 67, 80; *Christensen Molboerne 177.
A1115.2. Why the sea is salt. Magic salt mill is stolen by sea-captain, who takes it aboard and orders it to grind. It will stop only for its master; ship sinks and keeps grinding salt. D1171.1. Magic pot. D1601.10.1. Self-cooking pot. D1651.3. Magic cooking-pot obeys only master.
C916.4. Spinning wheel continues spinning because woman has worked at forbidden time. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 18 No. 166.
C917. Object magically appears when tabu is broken.
C917.1. Tabued pot broken: town appears. Africa (Vai): Ellis 187, No. 3.
C918. Mare from water world disappears when she is scolded and her halter used for common purposes. Irish myth: Cross.
C41. Tabu: offending water spirits. F989.13. Animal dives into lake and disappears.
C918.1. Marvelous cow offended disappears. Irish myth: Cross.
D1652.3. Cow with inexhaustible milk.
C920. Death for breaking tabu. Type 311; BP I 398ff (Grimm No. 46). — Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 68, 118, 134, 138, 371, 508; Marquesas: Handy 60, 67, 138; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (t-G 3/912, z-G 13/127, 317, z-G 3/1174); Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 341, Rasmussen II 341, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 51, 58, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 600; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 101; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 47; African (Angola): Chatelain 219 No. 39, (Ekoi): Talbot 178, (Kaffir): Kidd 237 No. 6, (Wakweli): Bender 43.
C822. Tabu: solving sphinx's riddle: sphinx perishes. F361.12. Fairies take vengeance for destruction of fairy mound. M101.3. Death as punishment for broken oath. M370. Vain attempts to escape fulfillment of prophecy. N101.2. Inexorable fate: death for violating tabus. Q411. Death as punishment.
C920.1. Death of children for breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.
C920.2. Death of wife for breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: *Neuman.
C921. Immediate death for breaking tabu. (Cf. C52, C51.3, C453, C533.) — Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 46 (Semele), 199 (Anchises). — Jewish:
- Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 294; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 375; African (Ekoi): Talbot, 18, 99, (A'Kikuyu): Barrett 41, (Yoruba): Parkinson 104, (Pangwe): Tessman 370f., (Fang): Tessman.
C855.1. Tabu: failing to make gift to magic lance. The lance kills.
C922. Death by smothering for breaking tabu. Man given secret box conveying the power of making women love him. He disobeys warning and opens it. The women smother him to death. (Cf. C321.) — N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 376 n. 19a.
D1355. Love-producing magic object. D1904. Love-compelling man sickens of bargain. F112.1. Man on Island of Fair Women overcome by loving women.
C922.1. Death by choking for breaking tabu. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 146.
K951. Murder by choking.
C923. Death by drowning for breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 135 (Ajax the less), Grote I 284; Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 118; Samoa: ibid. 25, 512; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (t-G 2/44, z-G 13/441); Marquesas: Handy 134; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 115, III 124.
A920.1.8.1. Lake from violating tabu. A1018. Flood as punishment. F933.6.1. Desecrated well overflows. Q552. Prodigy as punishment.
C924. Death by thirst for breaking tabu. (Cf. C949.4.) — African (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 67.
C925. Death from rattlesnake bite because of breaking tabu. Calif. Indian: Gay ton and Newman 100.
C926. Man (woman) vanishes on breaking of tabu. Calif Indian: Gayton and Newman 100; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 147.
C927. Burning as punishment for breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 264; S. Am. Indian (Chamacoco): Métraux MAFLS XL 48; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 441, Rasmussen III 51, Holm 72.
Q414. Punishment: burning alive.
C927.1. Person turned to dust. India: Thompson-Balys.
C927.2. Falling to ashes as punishment for breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys.
D2061.1.1. Person magically reduced to ashes. F378.1. Tabu: touching ground on return from fairyland.
C927.3. Burning and drowning as punishment for breaking tabu.
C435.1.1. Woman causes twofold death of mortal husband who utters her name. F901.2. Extraordinary twofold death: burning, drowning. K955. Murder by burning. M341.2.4.2. Prophecy: threefold death: wounding, burning, drowning. Q562.2. Souls in hell alternatively drown and burn.
C928. Death from insanity as punishment for breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross.
C949.1. Insanity for breaking tabu.
C929. Death for breaking tabu — miscellaneous.
C929.1. "Shame and disgrace" threatened for refusing love of forthputting woman. Irish myth: Cross.
M438. Curse: humiliation. T55. Girl as wooer.
C929.2. Death from specific disease for breaking tabu.
C929.2.1. Death from paralysis for breaking tabu. African (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. KS. IV 219.
C929.3. Beheading for breaking tabu. Cyprus: Hadjioannou Kypriako, Mythoi (Leukosia, 1948) No. 22; Jewish: Neuman.
C929.4. Death by stoning for breaking tabu. Jewish: *Neuman.
C929.5. Death by being swallowed for breaking tabu. Rarotonga: Beckwith Myth 262.
C929.6. Man sacrificed to the gods for breaking tabu. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 511.
C930. Loss of fortune for breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 322, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 234; African (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 109.
C841.0.1. Clerics' voyage unsuccessful because they sailed in boats of skin. N558. Raised treasure turns into charcoal (shavings). Q585. Fitting destruction (disappearance) of property as punishment.
C930.1. Dishonor to children because of breaking tabu. Jewish: *Neuman.
C931. Building falls because of breaking of tabu. (Cf. C771.1.) — Hartland Science 221; Gaster Exempla 229 No. 239; Jewish: *Neuman; English: Wells 42 (Arthour and Merlin); Swedish: Wessman 71 No. 605; India: Thompson-Balys. — Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 245, (West Hudson Bay); Boas BAM XV 234.
Q552.14. Fortress built on Sunday destroyed by tempest. S261. Foundation sacrifice.
C932. Loss of wife (husband) for breaking tabu. Aarne-Thompson Types 400, 425; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: Thompson-Balys; Maori: Beckwith Myth: 249; African (Loango): Bechuël-Loesche 109.
C31. Tabu: offending supernatural wife. H1385.3. Quest for vanished wife (mistress). H1385.4. Quest for vanished husband.
C933. Luck in hunting (fishing) lost for breaking tabu.
C933.1. Luck in hunting lost for breaking tabu. (Cf. C229.2.) — Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 409; Marquesas: Handy 64.
C933.2. Luck in fishing lost for breaking tabu. Tonga: Gifford 601; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 363; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (t-G 3/600).
C934. Food supply fails because of broken tabu. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 452, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 200; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 111; Samoa: ibid. 450.
C934.1. Loss of crops because of broken tabu. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges.
C934.2. Land made sterile because of broken tabu. Jewish: Neuman.
D2081. Land made magically sterile.
C934.3. Elves set country afire because of broken tabu. Irish myth: Cross.
F369.1. Fairies set fire to buildings.
C935. Helpful animal disappears when tabu is broken. *Fb "spise" III 495e; Hartland Science 142; Irish: Beal XXI 329, 337; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 245.
C918. Mare from water world disappears when she is scolded and her halter used for common purposes.
C936. War lost because of breaking tabu. Greek: *Grote II 130.
C937. God's favor lost for breaking tabu. (Cf. C621.) — Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Tahiti: Henry 85; New Hebrides: Codrington 387; African (Ekoi): Talbot 129.
A1331. Paradise lost because of one sin.
C937.1. Immortality lost because of breach of tabu. African (Congo): Weeks 217.
A1335. Origin of death.
C938. Rulers of inferior character after tabu is broken. Irish myth: Cross.
P10. Kings. Q552.3. Failure of crops during reign of wicked king.
C939. Loss of fortune for breaking tabu — miscellaneous.
C939.1. Punishment for breaking tabu: water withdrawn from lake. India: *Thompson-Balys.
C939.2. Punishment for broken tabu: good money turns to counterfeit. India: Thompson-Balys.
C939.3. Felled trees (cut weeds) return to their places because of broken tabu. Maori: Clark 95; Tonga: Gifford 22.
D1602.2. Felled tree raises itself again.
C939.4. Golden Age ends as result of broken tabu. (Cf. A1101.1.) S. Am. Indian (Lengua): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 369.
C940. Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu. Fb "sygdom" III 699a. — Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 375; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 173.
C31. Tabu: offending supernatural wife. C311. Tabu: seeing the supernatural. D1336. Magic object gives weakness. D1837. Magic weakness. D2064. Magic sickness.
C940.1. Princess's secret sickness from breaking tabu. (Cf. C55.) — *Type 613; BP I 322 n. 1 (Grimm No. 33).
D2064.1. Magic sickness because girl has thrown away her consecrated wafer. H1292.4.1. Question (propounded on quest): How can the princess be cured? — Answer: She must recover consecrated wafer which rat has stolen from her first communion. V34.2. Princess sick because toad has swallowed her consecrated wafer.
C940.2. Daughters' sickness because of father's breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys.
C941. Particular disease caused by breaking tabu.
F362. Fairies cause disease.
C941.1. Leprosy from breaking tabu. Gaster Exempla 187 No. 10. — Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.
C941.2. Swelling of limbs from breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys.
C941.3. Sores on body from breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys.
C941.3.1. Sore mouth as punishment for breaking tabu. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 133; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 233.
C941.4. Plague for breaking tabu. See references for Q552.10.
Q552.10. Plague as punishment.
C941.5. Paralysis as punishment for broken tabu. African (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. KS. IV 220.
C942. Loss of strength from broken tabu. Irish myth: Cross; Danish: Fb "klæder" II 200a.
D1336. Magic object gives weakness. D1410. Magic object renders helpless. D1837. Magic weakness. D2064. Magic sickness. T583.1. Couvade. Z357. Unique exceptions from curse.
C942.1. Loss of magic strength by smoking. India: Thompson-Balys.
C942.2. Magic horse becomes powerless because of broken tabu. India: Thompson-Balys.
B181. Magic horse.
C942.3. Weakness from seeing woman (fairy) naked. Irish myth: Cross.
C312.1. Tabu: man looking at nude woman. F362.3. Fairies cause weakness. F397. Fairy woman exhibits her figure to warriors.
C942.4. Woman's breasts dry up because of broken tabu. India: Thompson-Balys.
C943. Loss of sight for breaking tabu. (Cf. C51.2.) — See C312.1.1, C312.1.2 for references. — *Fb "öje" III 1166b; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Tahiti: Henry 143; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 241.
C311.1.2. Tabu: looking at fairies. C312.1.2. Tabu: looking at nude woman riding through town. D1331.2. Magic object blinds. D2062.2. Blinding by magic. F362.1. Fairies cause blindness. Q451.7. Blinding as punishment.
C943.1. Man receives fork in eye for breaking tabu. (Cf. C331.) — Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 295 No. 13.
C943.2. Loss of one eye for breaking tabu. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 39.
C943.3. Sore eyes from breaking tabu. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 241.
C944. Dumbness as punishment for breaking tabu. (Cf. C311.1.4.) — Type 710; Fb "stum"; Jewish: Neuman.
D2021.1. Dumbness as curse. Q451.3. Loss of speech as punishment.
C945. Magic forgetfulness for breaking tabu. *Fb "spise" III 495a; German: Grimm Nos. 113, 127, 186, 193; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys.
D1365. Object causes magic forgetfulness. D2000. Magic forgetfulness.
C946. Limbs affected by breaking tabu.
C946.1. Limb broken for stepping on grave. (Cf. C520.) — India: Thompson-Balys.
C946.2. Arm shortened for breaking tabu. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 488.
C946.3. Magic growth of members for breaking tabu. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 83.
C947. Magic power lost by breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.
D1741. Magic powers lost.
C948. Mutilation as punishment for breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
D2062. Maiming by magic. S160. Mutilations.
C948.1. Mouth expanded because of broken tabu. Irish myth: Cross.
C948.2. Nose to be cut off as punishment for breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys.
C948.3. Tongue of woman who breaks tabu protrudes and entwines itself around a post in the home. India: Thompson-Balys.
C948.4. Man's liver snatched away because of broken tabu. Hawaii:Beckwith Myth 118; African (Pangwe): Tessman 370, (Fang): Tessman 161.
Q501.4. Punishment of Prometheus.
C948.5. Man's lungs cut out because of broken tabu. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 89.
C948.6. Hand cut off for broken tabu. Jewish: Neuman.
C948.7. Face chilled because of broken tabu. Jewish: Neuman.
C948.8. Head shattered for breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys.
C949. Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu — miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross.
C949.1. Insanity for breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Icel.: Boberg.
C928. Death from insanity as punishment for breaking tabu.
C949.2. Baldness from breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross; Tahiti: Henry 143.
C949.3. Sterility from breaking tabu. Jewish: Neuman.
C949.4. Bleeding from breaking tabu. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 164.
C949.5. Continued thirst from breaking tabu. (Cf. C924.) — Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 636.
C950. Person carried to other world for breaking tabu.
A751.1.1. Man in moon burns brush as punishment for doing so on Sunday.
C952. Immediate return to other world because of broken tabu. (Cf. C31, C31.4, C327.) — Type 710 (Gr. No. 3); Greek: Fox 229 (Persephone), 122 (Thetis); India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Africa (Congo): Weeks 206 No. 3; (Fjort): Dennett 41 No 5.
C953. Person must remain in other world because of broken tabu. Greek myth: Grote 137; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 295 No. 13; Jewish: Neuman; Marquesas: Handy 120, 122; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 371.
F81.1. Orpheus. Journey to land of dead, to bring back person from the dead.
C954. Person carried off to other world for breaking tabu. Type 470; Fb "sol" III 458a; India: Thompson-Balys.
F325.1. Fairies kidnap boy when he breaks tabu by going outside mansion under earth before twelve years.
C955. Banishment from heaven for breaking tabu. German: Grimm No. 3; Jewish: Neuman.
C960. Transformation for breaking tabu. India: *Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.
D510. Transformation by breaking tabu. D660. Transformation as punishment. F348.0.1. Fairy gift disappears or is turned to something worthless when tabu is broken.
C961. Transformation to object for breaking tabu.
C961.1. Transformation to pillar of salt for breaking tabu. (Cf. C331.) — *Fb "se" III 173b, "sten" III 553b; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Hebrew: Genesis 19: 26; Jewish: Neuman.
F531.6.12.3. Slain giant turns to salt stone.
C961.2. Transformation to stone for breaking tabu. (Cf. C331, C452.) — *Type 516; *Rösch FFC LXXVII 119, 132ff.; *Chauvin VII 98 No. 375; *Fb "se" III 173b, "sten" III 553b. — *Loomis White Magic 80; Greek: Fox 175 (Niobe); India: *Thompson-Balys; Maori: Beckwith Myth 349; S. Am. Indian (Aymara): Tschopik BBAE CXLIII (1) 570.
C331. Tabu: looking back. D231. Transformation: man to stone. F531.6.12.2. Sunlight turns giant or troll to stone. G304.2.5. Troll bursts when sun shines on him. Or he may become stone.
C961.3. Transformation to wood for breaking tabu. German: Grimm No. 43; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 100.
C961.3.1. Transformation to wooden image for breaking tabu. Marquesas: Handy 113.
C961.3.2. Transformation to tree for breaking tabu. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 84.
C961.4. Transformation to mountain ridge for breaking tabu. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 189.
C961.5. Transformation to anthill for breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys.
C962. Transformation to animal for breaking tabu. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 334 n. 1; Jewish: Neuman; S. A. Indian (Mataco): Métraux MAFLS XL 35, (Tupinamba): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 172; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 105, No. 29.
C962.1. Transformation to mouse for breaking tabu. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 154.
C962.2. Transformation to bird for breaking tabu. Greek: Grote I 128.
C963. 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.)
C963.1. Person returns to original animal form when tabu is broken. Africa (Congo): Weeks 215 No. 11 (fish), (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale 403 No. 3 (fish).
C963.2. Person returns to original egg form when tabu is broken. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 108 No. 16.
T111.3. Marriage of man with woman who has come from an egg.
C963.3. Person returns to original vegetable form when tabu is broken.Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 78 No. 12, (Ekoi): Talbot 133, 134, 135, (Ibo, Nigeria): Thomas 80, (Fjort): Dennett 44 No. 6.
D1962.6.1. Magic sleep when hero breaks fruit open too soon.
C963.4. Giants return to life if tabu is broken. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule.
C966. Change of language for breaking tabu. Frazer Golden Bough XII 341 s.v. "Language". — Jewish: Neuman.
C967. Valuable object turns to worthless, for breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys.
N558. Raised treasure turns into charcoal (shavings). If one takes it along it will turn into gold.
C968. Disenchantment for breaking tabu. German: Grimm No. 57.
D789.4. Disenchantment by breaking tabu.
C980. Miscellaneous punishments for breaking tabu.
C100.1. Sex tabu broken: child born without bones.
C982. Person beaten by whips for breaking tabu. Roberts Type 480, p. 216; Jewish: Neuman; African (Benga): Nassau 113 No. 11.
C983. Person must remain on mountain because of broken tabu. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule.
C984. Disaster because of broken tabu.
C984.1. Great wind because of broken tabu. (Cf. C58.) — Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 308 Nos. 37, 38.
D906. Magic wind. D2141. Storm produced by magic. D2142. Wind produced by magic. D2143.1. Rain produced by magic.
C984.2. Storm because of broken tabu. Jewish: Neuman.
C984.3. Flood because of broken tabu. Chatham Island: Beckwith Myth 19, notes 10—12; Marquesas: Handy 114; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 29.
A920.1.8.1. Lake from violating tabu. A1018. Flood as punishment for incest.
C984.4. Tidal wave for breaking tabu. Lau Islands: Beckwith Myth 19.
C984.4.1. Sea rolls in over the land from all sides and a sea serpent comes because of broken tabu. India: Thompson-Balys.
C984.5. Disastrous lightning for breaking tabu. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 188 No. 129.
C984.6. General conflagration for breaking tabu. S. Am. Indian (Witoto): Métraux MAFLS XL 36.
A1030. World fire.
C984.7. Village sinks in earth for violation of tabu. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 30.
F941.2.2. Church and congregation sink to bottom of sea.
C984.8. Island split apart for broken tabu. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 468.
C985. Physical changes in person because of broken tabu.
C985.1. Skin changes color because of broken tabu. (Cf. C94.3.) — Africa (Kaffir): Theal 67.
C985.2. Teeth blackened as punishment for breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross.
C985.3. Foul breath from breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross.
C986. Abduction by animal for breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda.
C25.1. Child threatened with ogre: latter takes child off. R13. Abduction by animal.
C986.1. Pursuit by animal for breaking tabu. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 182.
C987. Curse as punishment for breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
C940. Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu. D1837. Magic weakness. M343. Parricide prophecy. M400. Curses. Q556. Punishment. Z357. Unique exceptions from curse.
C991. Quest imposed for breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross.
H1200. Quest.
C992. Snake bite for broken tabu. India: Thompson-Balys.
C993. Unborn child affected by mother's broken tabu. Rarotonga: Beckwith Myth 262; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 160.
T550. Monstrous births.
C994. Punishment by adhesion for breaking tabu. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 465.
D2171. Magic adhesion.
C995. Sleeplessness from breaking tabu. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 170.
D2063.2. Magic restlessness in bed.
C996. Person falls because of broken tabu. Marquesas: Handy 36; Tonga: Gifford 53; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 127.
C998. Trees wither because of broken tabu. Jewish: Neuman.