The constellation
H607 Discussion by symbols. Sign language
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
- Symbolic interpretations · H600 entry
beneath it
- Discussion between priest and Jew carried on by symbols. E.g., priest raises three fingers (Trinity); Jew raises arm (one God); etc · H607.1 entry
- Discussion between two poets (sages?) carried on in poetic obscure language · H607.2 entry
- Princess declares her love through sign language: not understood · H607.3 entry
- Is town too full of anchorites? Saint entering holy town is sent cup full to brim of milk by its worldly-minded fakirs that he may know the town can hold no more anchorites. Saint floats a flower on milk and returns cup · H607.4 entry