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HOUSEHOLD TALES.
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7. Savage Custom. |
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Husband and wife are forbidden to see each other, or to name each other's names.
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| Savage Tale. | European Tale. |
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Wife disappears (but not apparently because of infringement of taboo). Wife disappears after infringement of taboo.
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Husband or wife disappear when seen, or when the name is named. (These acts being prohibited by savage custom.)
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| 8. Savage Custom. | |
The youngest son in the Polygamous family is the heir.
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| Savage Tale. | European Tale. |
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King's youngest son, as heir, is envied and ill-treated by his brothers.
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Youngest son or daughter succeeds where the elders fail, and is betrayed by jealousy of the elders.
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| 9. Savage Idea. A. | |
Human strength, or soul, resides in this or that part of the body, and the strength of one man may be acquired by another who secures this part.
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| Savage Tale. | European Tale. |
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Certain Giants take out their hearts when they sleep, and are overcome by men who secure the hearts.
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The Giant who has no heart in his body. The man whose life or force depends on a lock of hair, and is lost when the hair is lost.
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| Savage Idea. B. | |
Souls of dead enter animal forms.
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| Savage Tale. | European Tale. |
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Dead Boy becomes a Bird. |
Dead Boy becomes a Bird. |
The lists now furnislied exhibit several of the leading and most "unnatural" ideas in European Household Tales. It has been shown that these ideas are also found in savage Household Tales. It has further been demonstrated that the notions on which these incidents are
