μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Attention drawn and recognition follows.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Circumstances of recognition. · view the constellation · filed as H151

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Filed under Circumstances of recognition.

15 finer motifs beneath it
Attention drawn by magic objects: recognition follows Attention drawn by helpful animal's theft of food from wedding table; recognition follows Recognition when parents come to son (priest, pope) to be confessed Recognition 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 recognition Attention attracted by hints dropped by heroine as menial: recognition follows Heroine in menial disguise discovered in her beautiful clothes: recognition follows Hero's power to transform girl to carnation brings about recognition Husband attracted by wife's power of healing: recognition follows Abandoned child joins parents in game: recognition follows Combat of unknown brothers brings about recognition Hero is served at table by his unknown son: recognition of his wife follows Geese tell of beauty of their mistress and bring about recognition Disguised hero's golden hair discovered by spying princess Tears 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
Filed beside it
Recognition through accidental encounter Outcast wife (children) builds castle identical with king's, invites him, and is recognized Recognition of abandoned child when parent comes to him for relief from famine Abandoned queen invites all to forest, gives appropriate food to her persecutors, and is recognized King finds note with children in casket floated down river identifying them as his. (Cf. S141.) Recognition of transformed person among identical companions. Prearranged signals Recognition of disguised princess by bee lighting on her Recognition of own cow in herd of twenty thousand. Hornet helper Father recognizes son after having thrown him in oven Animal (object) indicates election of ruler Animal will serve only certain man Disguised man recognized by dog Recognition by "force of nature". Unknown member of family immediately and magically recognized Recognition by unmasking Beating brings about outcry and recognition Identification by nurse. Long-missing person identified by his childhood nurse

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