μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Identification by weapons.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Identification by tokens. · Identification by tokens – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as H125

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Identification by tokens – miscellaneous.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Identification by sword Identification by spear Identification by war-club Recognition by dart
Filed beside it
Identification by cup Identification by coat of arms Identification by axe. Recognition by axe which man bears Recognition by knife. Man who is werwolf recognized by knife which was carried away by the wolf Recognition by calabash. Slave recognizes calabash and knows that girl lives Recognition through books Leaf (chip) sent down stream as a warning to one below. (Cf. H35.4.) Recognition by token – mouth-harp left by bed Identification by magic hand Recognition by tobacco-pipe

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