Motif
Menstrual seclusion and danger taboo
menstrual_seclusion_and_danger_taboo
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.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
native american plains
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Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians WARFARE. / GAMES. / SOCIAL ORGANIZATION. / VARIOUS CUSTOMS.; lines 10721-10843 confidence: high
During menstruation women retire to the special lodge hu'na-g^n*, stay by themselves, and abstain from meat and fish; former foods were seeds and roots, with bread now allowed.
Menstruating women withdraw to a special lodge, avoid meat and fish, and contact with the lodge or catamenial blood is associated with vomiting and death.
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native american southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee SECOND VERSION / SECOND VERSION / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS; lines 23437-23539 confidence: high
Menstrual women are said to be regarded among native tribes as dangerous or uncanny; the menstrual lodge and many taboos follow, with similar ideas about pregnant women.
The passage states that menstrual women are regarded as dangerous or uncanny and describes the menstrual lodge and associated taboos.
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