Tongue as proof that man has been murdered

Motif

Tongue as proof that man has been murdered.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Identification by tokens. · Identification by matching parts of divided token. · view the constellation · filed as H105.2

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.
general *Fb "tunge" III 894a

Within the index

Filed under Parts of slain animals as token of slaying.

1 finer motif beneath it

Tongue of slain giant as proof of slaying

Filed beside it

Dragon-tongue proof. Dragon slayer cuts out the tongues and uses them later to prove his identity as slayer Arm of monster kept as token of innocence of dog. Scottish: Campbell-McKay Head of monster as token (proof) of slaying Ears, fingers and noses of demons cut off as proof of killing them Identification between lovers by matching claw and leg of dragon Sex organs of enemy as proof of slaying

Travels with

Rescue tokens. Proof that hero has succeeded in rescue. (Cf. H105, H105.1, H105.2.)

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