C. Tabu
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C400—C499. Speaking tabu.
C400. Speaking tabu. *Fb "stum"; *Type 451, 705, 710; Frazer Golden Bough XII 461 s.v. "silence", Wuttke Volksaberglaube 161, 323; Wimberly Folklore in Ballads 281; Rantasalo FFC XXXII 69ff.; F. L. Grundtvig Dania VI 184ff. — Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Herrmann Saxo II 586ff., MacCulloch Eddic 321f., Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys. — N. A. Indian (Zuñi): Parsons JAFL XXIX 393; (Navaho): Alexander N. Am. 174, (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 90 No. 4.
D1741.3. Silence under punishment breaks power of enchantment. E251.1.1. Vampire's power overcome by endurance and prayer. Hero continues to pray without looking or speaking while vampire punishes him. E545.0.2. The dead are silent. H1199.3. Task: shouting from forbidden place. Q451.3. Loss of speech as punishment.
C401. Tabu: speaking during certain time. *Frazer Golden Bough XII 461 s.v. "silence". — Spanish Exempla: Keller; German: Grimm Nos. 9, 49, 137.
C755. Tabu: doing thing during certain time. D758. Disenchantment by maintaining silence. D2020. Magic dumbness. Q451.3. Loss of speech as punishment. Q535.1. Penance: not to speak.
C401.1. Tabu: speaking during vigil. *Types 307, 400; *BP II 330, 335, III 534; Wesselski Mönchslatein 101 No. 86; Hartland Science 246.
H1451. Test: speechless vigil in church.
C401.2. Tabu: speaking during seven days of danger. As result of prophecy of seven days of danger, an injunction of silence is imposed during this period. — Chauvin VIII 34 No. 1 n. 1; Spanish Exempla: Keller.
C401.3. Tabu: speaking while searching for treasure. *Fb "stiltiende" III 569a, "skat" III 236b; *Norlind Skattsägner 57ff. — Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 298 No. 3; German: Grimm Deutsche Mythologie II 810ff., v.d. Leyen Sagenbuch IV 238ff.; Norwegian: Skar Gamalt or Sætesdal III 135ff.; Swedish-Finnish: Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning VII (1) 857 (register); Lappish: Qvigstad Lappiske Eventyr II No. 134; Egyptian: Legrain Louqsor sans les Pharaons 97. — England, U.S.: Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 693f. — Indonesian: Hambruch Malaiische Märchen 192.
N553.2. Unlucky encounter causes treasure-seekers to talk and thus lose treasure.
C401.3.1. Tabu: speaking about lost money which is to be regained by witchcraft. The loser cannot refrain from speaking of his loss; the money cannot be recovered. Eng.: Baughman.
C401.4. Tabu: speaking while raising sunken church bell. See all references to V115.1.3.1. — England, U.S.: Baughman*.
V115.1.3.1. Church bell cannot be raised because silence is broken.
C401.5. Tabu: speaking while gathering fernseed to make wishes come true, at midnight on Christmas Eve when fernseed ripens and falls immediately. Scotland: Baughman.
C401.6. Tabu: speaking while taking a bath. Jewish: Neuman.
C402. Tabu: speaking before certain time. Irish myth: Cross.
C756. Tabu: doing thing before certain time.
C402.1. Tabu: king speaking before his druids speak. Irish myth: Cross.
C402.2. Tabu: people speaking before king speaks. Irish myth: Cross.
