C. Tabu
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C70. Tabu: offending other sacred beings.
C71. Tabu: disobeying the king. Man dies as result of failure to obey. — Alphabet No. 241.
C75. Tabu: offending heavenly bodies.
C75.1. Tabu: offending the moon. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 442, Rasmussen II 25, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 180.
C90. Other tabus in connection with sacred beings.
C91. Tabu: stealing from spirits. (Cf. C51.2.) — Irish saints' legend: Plummer cliii (cf. C43, C51.2). — Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 42 No. 53** (cf. C42).
C51.2. Tabu: stealing from god or saint. Q212. Theft punished.
C91.1. Tabu: stealing garment from a rock. The rock pursues. (The offended rolling stone.) — N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 300 n. 96.
D1431. Rock pursues person. J1873.2. Cloak given to a stone to keep it warm. R261. Pursuit by rolling object.
C91.2. Tabu: stealing fruits from sacred tree. (Cf. C262.3.) — India: *Thompson-Balys.
C92. Tabu: killing sacred beings. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 320. No. 41.
B811. Sacred animals.
C92.1. Tabu: killing sacred animals. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 442, Rasmussen II 25, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 180.
C92.1.0.1. Tabu: killing animals for sacrifice. (Cf. C57.1.) — Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 461, II 577.
V10. Religious sacrifices.
C92.1.1. Tabu: killing raven (Odin's bird). Fb "ravn" III 22a. — Krappe "Arturus cosmocrator" Speculum (1945) 405ff.
A165.0.1. Ravens as attendants of god. B122.2. Birds as reporters of sights and sounds. Sit on Odin's shoulder.
C92.1.2. Tabu: killing sacred calf. India: Thompson-Balys.
N361.1. Brahmin unwittingly kills calf.
C92.1.3. Tabu: killing shrew-mouse, sacred to the gods. India: Thompson-Balys.
C92.1.4. Tabu: killing stork. Fb "stork" III 592 ab.
C841.1. Tabu: killing stork. N250.1. Bad luck follows man who shoots stork.
C92.1.5. Tabu: killing scald-crow (goddess of war). Irish myth: Cross.
C92.1.6. Tabu: killing other sacred bird. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 160; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (t-G 2/44).
C92.2. Tabu: killing sacred dragon. (Cf. B11.) — Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 334 n. 1.
C93. Tabu: trespassing sacred precinct. Alphabet No. 52. — Irish: Plummer clxxxiv; Irish myth: Cross. — Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis