μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.
Within the index

Filed under Recognition through common knowledge.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Identity tested by demanding that person say again what he said on former occasion. (Impostor fails.)Recognition by recalling common experiences
Filed beside it
Recognition through story-telling. Telling of a story known to both persons concerned brings about recognitionRecognition by song (music). Person is recognized because the song is sung only by him or because he is the only one besides the listener who knows itRecognition by overheard conversation (usually with animals or objects). Person not daring to reveal self directly thus attracts attention and recognitionRecognition by observing emotional reactions of another to object of common experienceRecognition by describing or producing object of common knowledgeRecognition by reminders of what has been saidRecognition by passwordRecognition through common knowledge – miscellaneous

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