Attention drawn and recognition follows.
Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Circumstances of recognition. · view the constellation · filed as H151
Motif
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Filed under Circumstances of recognition.
15 finer motifs beneath it
Attention drawn by magic objects: recognition followsAttention drawn by helpful animal's theft of food from wedding table; recognition followsRecognition when parents come to son (priest, pope) to be confessedRecognition by cup in sack: alleged stolen goods. Cup is placed in the sack of Joseph's brethren, they are accused of theft; this gives occasion for recognitionAttention attracted by hints dropped by heroine as menial: recognition followsHeroine in menial disguise discovered in her beautiful clothes: recognition followsHero's power to transform girl to carnation brings about recognitionHusband attracted by wife's power of healing: recognition followsAbandoned child joins parents in game: recognition followsCombat of unknown brothers brings about recognitionHero is served at table by his unknown son: recognition of his wife followsGeese tell of beauty of their mistress and bring about recognitionDisguised hero's golden hair discovered by spying princessTears fall on person below and indicate presence of those above (on cliff, tree, etc.)Seller of trinkets tells of heroine's address of son as "tiger's son" and brings about recognition of true bride
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Recognition through accidental encounterOutcast wife (children) builds castle identical with king's, invites him, and is recognizedRecognition of abandoned child when parent comes to him for relief from famineAbandoned queen invites all to forest, gives appropriate food to her persecutors, and is recognizedKing finds note with children in casket floated down river identifying them as his. (Cf. S141.)Recognition of transformed person among identical companions. Prearranged signalsRecognition of disguised princess by bee lighting on herRecognition of own cow in herd of twenty thousand. Hornet helperFather recognizes son after having thrown him in ovenAnimal (object) indicates election of rulerAnimal will serve only certain manDisguised man recognized by dogRecognition by "force of nature". Unknown member of family immediately and magically recognizedRecognition by unmaskingBeating brings about outcry and recognitionIdentification by nurse. Long-missing person identified by his childhood nurse