Motif
Affinal speech avoidance
affinal_speech_avoidance
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
3 occurrences
2 traditions
australian aboriginal (2) · melanesian (1)
australian aboriginal
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The Native Tribes of Central Australia THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TRIBES / THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TRIBES / THE SOCIAL ORGAXISATIOX OF THE TRIBES / II THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TRIBES 83; lines 4753-4871 confidence: high
The Appungerta man's father is Panunga; Uknaria are Ipmunna to the father and Mura to the speaker, who may not speak to them if they are women.
Uknaria are Mura to the Appungerta man, and the passage states that he may not speak to them if they are women.
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The Native Tribes of Central Australia THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TRIBES / THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TRIBES 57 / THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TRIBES 59 / THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TRIBES; lines 2863-2955 confidence: high
The mother of a man's Nupa is Nowillie and Mura to him, and the passage states that they must not speak to one another; this relation does not require the woman actually to have a daughter.
The passage states that the mother of a man's Nupa is Mura to him and that they must not speak to one another.
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melanesian
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The Melanesians of British New Guinea CHAPTER XXXVII / KINSHIP AND RELATIONSHIP. / FUNCTIONS AND PRIVILEGES OF CERTAIN KIN. / NAME AVOIDANCE.; lines 28292-28337 confidence: high
Name avoidance is listed between father-in-law and daughter-in-law, father-in-law and son-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, brother-in-law and brother-in-law, sister-in-law and sister-in-law, and husband and wife.
Name avoidance is explicitly listed between father-in-law and daughter-in-law, father-in-law and son-in-law, in-law sibling pairs, and husband and wife.
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