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The 23 pages that link to Taboo, each with the reason it gives.

• RitualRelated: Prohibitions can define what rituals permit, avoid, or require.

• Black comedyRelated: The boundaries of taboo determine which subjects make black comedy transgressive in a given culture.

• MaskRelated: Rules about who may wear or view particular masks can enforce sacred boundaries.

• EuphemismNarrower topic: Taboos create the pressures that make indirect substitutes useful.

• HumorRelated: Breaking a taboo can create comic shock, but can also make a joke harmful.

• EroticismRelated: Erotic works often gain force by approaching boundaries that a culture marks as forbidden.

• Sacred natural sitesRelated: Prohibitions on entry, hunting, or gathering can limit pressure on sacred sites.

• PeriphrasisRelated: Speech taboos encourage indirect expressions for restricted subjects.

• The Sacred and the ProfaneRelated: Taboos regulate contact with what a community treats as sacred or dangerous.

• Mary DouglasRelated: Douglas analyzed taboos as boundary rules that help sustain a society’s classifications.

• The Black Eyed PeasRelated: His addition completed the trio that released the group’s early albums.

• Cultural universalBroader topic: Every society regulates some conduct through prohibitions, though the forbidden acts differ.

• SacrednessCompared with: Taboos regulate contact with what a community regards as sacred or dangerous.

• Dark humorNarrower topic: Dark humor gains force by crossing prohibitions surrounding death, illness, and suffering.

• PejorativeRelated: Taboo can intensify an expression’s offensive or disparaging effect.

• Wild HuntRelated: Some tales warn people not to watch, answer, or interfere with the passing host.

• CoprophagiaRelated: Human feces consumption is strongly stigmatized, shaping how the behavior is discussed and treated.

• UrophagiaNarrower topic: Urophagia is widely stigmatized as a bodily-waste practice.

• Ero guroRelated: The aesthetic draws force from crossing boundaries around sex, violence, and the body.

• Obscene gestureRelated: The gesture's offensiveness depends on boundaries around sexual and insulting expression.

• Roi MataRelated: Traditions about Roi Mata connect social order with restrictions and obligations tied to place.

• Skin-walkerRelated: Caution around discussing skin-walkers reflects restrictions and sensitivities around the subject.

• TotemRelated: A totem may carry restrictions, such as prohibitions on harming or eating its associated animal.