tabu: eating (general)

Details

Instance of

narrative motif, folklore motif

Part of

Irish mythology, mythology of Oceania

Depicts

taboo, food or drink taboo, eating, eating behavior

catalog code

C200.

described by source

Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, Taboo and the Perils of the Soul, Oceanic Mythology

indigenous to

Irish people, Indians, Indonesians, Borneo, Pacific Islanders, Zuni people

partially coincident with

origin of tabus, transformation by eating or drinking, tabu: drinking