New Gun Myths

The “myth” components, including the spelling of “tabu”, come from the Arne-Thompson classification

S. Thompson. Motif-index of folk-literature : a classification of narrative elements in folktales, ballads, myths, fables, mediaeval romances, exempla, fabliaux, jest-books, and local legends.

Revised and enlarged. edition. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1955-1958.

http://www.ualberta.ca/~urban/Projects/English/Motif_Index.htm
http://www.ualberta.ca/~urban/Projects/English/Content/c.htm