Identification by severed limbs. (Cf. also H105.)

Motif

Identification by severed limbs. (Cf. also H105.)

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Identification by tokens. · Identification by matching parts of divided token. · view the constellation · filed as H106

Within the index

Filed under Identification by matching parts of divided token.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Identification by severed hand Severed head as proof of killing

Filed beside it

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

Carried in tale types

The King and the Farmer's Son · ATU 921 21 recorded variants

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