The constellation
H248 Test of death: to see whether person is dead or feigning
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
- Other tests of truth · H240 entry
beneath it
- Sham-dead person tested by hot lead poured on hand · H248.1 entry
- Sham dead tested by stinging insects down back · H248.2 entry
- Sham dead tested by pricking · H248.3 entry
- Test of death by putting burning wood in the mouth of fallen warriors · H248.4 entry
- Sham dead detected by batting eyes · H248.5 entry