μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Leaf (chip) sent down stream as a warning to one below. (Cf. H35.4.)

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Identification by tokens. · Identification by tokens – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as H135

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross.
  • general Child I 40b, 487a
  • general *Schoepperle Tristan and Isolt 301ff.
Within the index

Filed under Identification by tokens – miscellaneous.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Recognition by trimmed leaf thrown from tree hiding place Milk poured into stream as signal
Filed beside it
Identification by cup Identification by weapons 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 Recognition by token – mouth-harp left by bed Identification by magic hand Recognition by tobacco-pipe
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Recognition by unique manner of carving chips. These sent down stream for recognition. (Cf. H135.)

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