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Taboo: Taboo is a light, refreshing drink bursting with flavour, made from an intriguing blend of white wine, exotic fruit juices and vodka.

Totemism: In its most specific sense, the term applies to the religious practices of the Native American Ojibiwa tribe, i.e., a religious belief in which a family or a clan would be watched over assis . . . View Full Definition

Tynged: A magical taboo or restriction placed on a hero in Welsh literature, the Welsh equivalent to the Irish geasa. One example from The Mabinogion would be how Culwch's mother places a 'destiny' . . . View Full Definition

Temenos: In Classical Greek culture, the temenos is a sacred area marked off as holy ground. On this special plot of land, we might find temples dedicated to a particular god, sanctuaries, holy grove . . . View Full Definition

Geasa: (also spelled geisa or geis, plural geissi) A magical taboo or restriction placed on a hero in Old Irish literature. For example, Cuchulainn in the Tain is forbidden to eat the flesh of a do . . . View Full Definition

Archetype: Something in the world, and described in literature, that, according to the psychologist karl jung, manifests a dominant theme in the collective unconscious of human beings. Northrop frye in . . . View Full Definition

Comedy Of Innocence: (1) In anthropological terms, a comedy of innocence is a ritualized symbolic behavior (or set of such behaviors) designed to alleviate individual or communal guilt about an execution or sacr . . . View Full Definition

Liminal: (Latin limin, 'threshold') A liminal space is a blurry boundary zone between two established and clear spatial areas, and a liminal moment is a blurry boundary period between two segments of . . . View Full Definition