C. Tabu
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C499.1. Tabu: announcing death directly. Jewish: Neuman.
C499.2. Tabu: complimenting. Africa (Pangwe): Tessman 367.
C500—C549. Tabu: touching.
C500. Tabu: touching. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "toucher". — Missouri French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys.
A1731. Creation of animals as punishment for beating forbidden drum. C32.4. Tabu: not to touch supernatural husband on visit too soon. C145. Tabu: not to touch cooking pots during menses. C181.1. Tabu: women not to touch husband's magic drum. C855.2. Tabu: allowing spear-head to touch stone. C916.2. Animals produced when forbidden drum is beaten. D565. Transformation by touching. M172. Vow never to touch money.
C501. Tabu: contact with things belonging to a king. *Frazer Golden Bough³ III passim. — Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 95, 98.
P14.7. None permitted to enter hall of king unless he possesses an art.
C510. Tabu: touching tree (plant). Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres". — Jewish: Neuman; Chatham Islands: Beckwith Myth 19, Notes 10, 11, 12.
D950. Magic tree. V1.1.1. Sacred tree.
C511. Tabu: touching leaves (of tree). Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "feuilles".
D955. Magic leaves.
C512. Tabu: plucking ear of grain. Gold Coast: Barker and Sinclair 181 No. 36.
C513. Tabu: breaking twig. BP III 62f.; Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Baum".
C513.1. Tabu: cutting branches of tree. Jewish: Neuman.
C514. Tabu: burning saja wood (terminalia tomentosa). — India: Thompson-Balys.
C515. Tabu: touching (plucking) flowers. Type 451; Hartland Science 200. — English-Scottish: Child I 360 n.; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 17.
D515. Transformation by plucking flowers in enchanted garden. F301.1.1.2. Girl summons fairy lover by plucking flowers. T532.1. Conception from plucking flower.
C516. Tabu: lying under tree. Girl who does so carried off by fairies. (Cf. C520.) — English-Scottish: Child V 499 s.v. "trees" — Irish myth: Cross.
F301.1.1.3. Girl summons fairy lover by lying under tree. F320. Fairies carry people away to fairyland.
C517. Tabu: pulling nuts. English-Scottish: Child I 360 n.
F301.1.1.4. Girl summons fairy lover by pulling nuts.
C518. Tabu: cutting down tree. Jewish: Neuman; Maori: Clark 95; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z—G 3/1174).
C518.1. Cutting elder tree fatal to man. (See C920.) — England: Baughman.
C518.2. Cutting white thorn tree fatal to man who cuts it. (Cf. C920.) Ireland: Baughman; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I No. 311, Fb "hvidtjørn" I 703 a.
C519. Tabu: touching tree (plant) — miscellaneous.
