The constellation
H15 Identity tested by account of common experiences
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 under
beneath it
filed beside
- Recognition through story-telling. Telling of a story known to both persons concerned brings about recognition · H11 entry
- Recognition by song (music). Person is recognized because the song is sung only by him or because he is the only one besides the listener who knows it · H12 entry
- Recognition by overheard conversation (usually with animals or objects). Person not daring to reveal self directly thus attracts attention and recognition · H13 entry
- Recognition by observing emotional reactions of another to object of common experience · H14 entry
- Recognition by describing or producing object of common knowledge · H16 entry
- Recognition by reminders of what has been said · H17 entry
- Recognition by password · H18 entry
- Recognition through common knowledge – miscellaneous · H19 entry