μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Identification by tokens. · Identification by matching parts of divided token. · view the constellation · filed as H102

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • EnglishChild II 499b.
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Filed under Identification by matching parts of divided token.

1 finer motif beneath it
Identification by fitting together two pieces of parchment
Filed beside it
Identification by broken weapon. Point of weapon broken off. Later found to match rest of weaponPieces taken from flags serve to identifyParts of slain animals as token of slayingIdentification by severed limbs. (Cf. also H105.)

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