Recognition of transformed person among identical companions. Prearranged signals — Mythoi

Motif

Recognition of transformed person among identical companions. Prearranged signals.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Circumstances of recognition. · view the constellation · filed as H161

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 57 receipt

Filed across the traditions

Hindu Keith 142
India *Thompson-Balys
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 340 n. 224.
general *Type 313, 325
general *BP II 29, 516ff.
general *Fb "hest" I 598b
general *Köhler to Gonzenbach II 246. Missouri French: Carrière

Within the index

Filed under Circumstances of recognition.

1 finer motif beneath it

Recognition of person among identical companions

Filed beside it

Attention drawn and recognition follows 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 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

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Tabu: offending supernatural wife. Upon slight offence the wife leaves for her old home Tabu: offending animal wife Resuscitation by sweating

Carried in tale types

The Magician and his Pupil · ATU 325 4 recorded variants
The Golden Ram · ATU 854 1 recorded variant

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