μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • ItalianBasile Pentamerone I No. 7
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • N. Am. Indian (Seneca)Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 343 No. 59.
  • general *Hartland Perseus III 207
  • general *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 242b. nn. 37–47
Within the index

Filed under Identification by matching parts of divided token.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Dragon-tongue proof. Dragon slayer cuts out the tongues and uses them later to prove his identity as slayerTongue as proof that man has been murderedArm of monster kept as token of innocence of dog. Scottish: Campbell-McKayHead of monster as token (proof) of slayingEars, fingers and noses of demons cut off as proof of killing themIdentification between lovers by matching claw and leg of dragonSex organs of enemy as proof of slaying
Filed beside it
Identification by broken weapon. Point of weapon broken off. Later found to match rest of weaponIdentification by indenture. Each of two persons keeps his half of a contract which has been torn in two. Fitting of the halves brings about recognitionPieces taken from flags serve to identifyIdentification by severed limbs. (Cf. also H105.)
Travels with
Rescue tokens. Proof that hero has succeeded in rescue. (Cf. H105, H105.1, H105.2.)

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