The constellation
H242 Credential tests: proof that messenger comes from certain person
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● on the shelf
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Other tests of truth · H240 entry
beneath it
filed beside
- Worn-out shoes as proof of long journey · H241 entry
- Nature fruitless if false judgment is passed · H243 entry
- Person magically disfigured when he speaks falsely · H244 entry
- Casting lots as truth test · H245 entry
- Test of death: to see whether person is dead or feigning · H248 entry
- Test of truth by magic object · H251 entry
- Act of truth. Person asserts a thing as true declaring: "If my words are true, may this or that happen." · H252 entry
- Oaths before gods as test of truth · H253 entry
- Test: which of twins is elder. Younger unthinkingly hands chopsticks to elder and thus betrays his junior rank · H255 entry
- Test of innocence: apple and gold offered. Innocent person takes apple · H256 entry