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295, No. 12. — Eskimo (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 600; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 59 (ghost town).
C51.1. Tabu: profaning shrine. C116. Tabu: sexual intercourse in sacred precinct. C752.1.5. Tabu: casting in graveyard after sunset. H1292.4. Question (propounded on quest): How can the prince be cured? — Answer: He must remove stone which he has spit out in the church. Q222. Punishment for desecration of holy places. V100. Religious edifices. V110. Religious buildings. V114. Sacred forests. V134. Sacred wells.
C93.1. Tabu: sleeping in saint's bed. Irish: Plummer clxxxiv; Irish myth: Cross.
C93.2. Tabu: profaning hallowed clothes and vessels. Alphabet No. 696.
C93.3. Tabu: digging in churchyard. Irish myth: Cross.
C523. Tabu: digging.
C93.4. Tabu: crossing bridge sacred to the gods. India: Thompson-Balys.
C93.5. Tabu: slaughtering buffalo in temple. India: Thompson-Balys.
C93.5.1. Tabu: use of palanquin within temple. India: Thompson-Balys.
C93.6. Tabu: cutting down tree wherein resides deity. India: Thompson-Balys.
C93.7. Tabu: erecting fort on holy ground. India: Thompson-Balys.
C93.8. Tabu: landing on floating island of the gods without invitation. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 68.
C94. Tabu: rudeness to sacred person or thing.
Q220. Impiety punished.
C94.1. Tabu: uncivil answer to holy (or supernatural) being. Gaster Exempla 229 No. 239; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 125 No. 54; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 43. — India: Thompson-Balys.
A2231.1. Animal characteristics: punishment for discourteous answer to God (saint). A2721.3. Plant punished for ungracious answer to holy person. C31.4.2. Scolding supernatural wife. F481.1. Cobold avenges uncivil answer (or treatment).
C94.1.1. The cursed dancers. Dancers rude to holy man (Jesus) cursed and must keep dancing till Judgment Day. — *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 309 n. 1; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 388; Ward Catalogue II 660 No. 30; *Herbert ibid. III 283, 312; Alphabet No. 215; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 296f. Nos. 3, 28; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 18 No. 168.
D2061.1.2. Persons magically caused to dance selves to death. D2174. Magic dancing. E493. Dance of the dead. M400. Curses. Q220. Impiety punished. Q500. Tedious punishments.
C94.1.2. Tabu: failure to give alms to Brahmans. India: Thompson-Balys.
C94.1.3. Tabu: discourtesy toward priest (rabbi, etc.). Jewish: Neuman.
C94.2. Tabu: false and profane swearing of oath. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 448. — Jewish: Neuman.
M101.3. Death as punishment for broken oath.
C94.3. Tabu: mocking animal. India: Thompson-Balys.
C94.3.1. Tabu: rudeness to sacred animal. India: *Thompson-Balys.
C94.3.1.1. Tabu: offending sacred cow. India: Thompson-Balys.
