Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson C31.1.2 — Tabu: looking at supernatural wife on certain occasion

C31.1.2
Thompson motif reference
C
Motifs of Tabu
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Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

Tabu: looking at supernatural wife on certain occasion. (Mélusine). The husband must not see the wife when she is transformed to an animal.—*Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXV (1933) 121; *Köhler-Bolte III 265nn. 1, 2; **Köhler Der Ursprung der Melusinensage (1895); Desaivre Le Mythe de la Mére Lusine (Extrait des Memoires de la Société de Statistique, Sciences, Lettres, et Arts de Deux-Sèvres [Saint-Maixent 1883]); Keightley Fairy Mythology 480; Baring-Gould Curious Myths 470; Hartland Science 201; Holmström Studier över Svanjungfrumotivet 100; M. Nowack Die Melusinensage (Diss. 1886); *Fränkel Zs. f. Vksk. IV 387; Jegerlehner Oberwallis 307 No. 24.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.

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