The constellation
H0 Identity tests. Recognition. Elaborate means are employed in folk-literature for the recognition of persons even though they have been separated a very short time. The various means used are detailed in the following discussion
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed near
- Recognition through common knowledge · H10 entry
- Recognition through story-telling. Telling of a story known to both persons concerned brings about recognition · H11 entry
- Recognition by telling life history · H11.1 entry
- Recognition at inn (hospital, etc.) where all must tell their life histories · H11.1.1 entry