Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson C430 — Name tabu: prohibition against uttering the name of a person or thing

C430
Thompson motif reference
C
Motifs of Tabu
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Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

Name tabu: prohibition against uttering the name of a person or thing.—*Types 400, 500; *BP I 495; *Clodd Tom-Tit-Tot, The Magic of Names; Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 809; *Nyrop Navnets Magt; *Chauvin VI 106 No. 270; *Fb "navn" II 675b, 676a; Frazer Golden Bough XII 383 s.v. "names".—Irish: Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 70; Welsh: ibid. 100; English-Scottish: Child V 489 s.v. "naming"; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 310 No. 29; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 17.—Jamaica Negro: Beckwith MAFLS XVII *263 No. 66, *277 No. 89.—Africa (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 101, (Vai): Ellis 257 No. 52, (A'Kikuyu): Barrett 42.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

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

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