Identification by broken weapon. Point of weapon broken off. Later found to match rest of weapon

Motif

Identification by broken weapon. Point of weapon broken off. Later found to match rest of weapon.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Identification by tokens. · Identification by matching parts of divided token. · view the constellation · filed as H101

Filed across the traditions

English Wells 80 (Sir Tristrem)
Icelandic Ragnarssaga Loðbrókar 118, Boberg
French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 18f.
Indonesia cf. De Vries's list No. 163.

Within the index

Filed under Identification by matching parts of divided token.

1 finer motif beneath it

Identification by matching weapon with wound

Filed beside it

Identification by indenture. Each of two persons keeps his half of a contract which has been torn in two. Fitting of the halves brings about recognition Pieces taken from flags serve to identify Parts of slain animals as token of slaying Identification by severed limbs. (Cf. also H105.)

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