taboos

off-limits

Prohibited from access

• verbotenProhibited by authority
• unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
• unmentionableToo shameful to discuss

prohibited · banned · proscribed · outlawed · interdicted · censored · suppressed · restricted · contraband · illicit

shame

Painful awareness of failure

• disgraceLoss of honor
• ostracismBanishment from a group
• shunningDeliberately avoiding someone

exclusion · marginalization · discrimination · prejudice · labeling · stereotyping · scandal · dishonor · infamy · disrepute

rituals

Ceremonial repeated practices

• customsTraditional practices or import taxes
• traditionsLong-established customs passed down
• beliefsAccepted truths, personal

sacred · ancestors · totemism · animism · shamanism · purity · pollution · untouchability · caste · kosher

incest

Relations between kin

• cannibalismIntraspecies flesh consumption
• necrophiliaErotic fixation on cadavers
• bestialitySex with animals

polygamy · nudity · bodily functions · menstruation · death · suicide · mental illness · addiction · sexuality · homosexuality

punishment

Penalty for an offense

• exileBanishment from homeland
• excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
• banishmentForced removal from place

shunning · sanctions · penalties · consequences · retribution · curse · bad luck · divine punishment · social death · outcasting

• cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
• mythsmyth, legend, fable, fairy tale, folk tale
• folk customsfolk dances, folk customs, burial rite, folk costumes, folk traditions
• folk medicinefolk medicine, herbalism, herbal remedies, folk healer, herbal medicine
• sexual ethicssexual morality, sexual ethics, chastity, adultery, human sexuality
• tribal beliefsanimism, shamans, ancestral spirits, nature spirits, spirit worship