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Motif

Recognition of transformed person among identical companions. Prearranged signals.

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“Immediately the herd rushed upon the man and trampled him into the dust. Then they all ran away except the calf-boy, his mother, and an old bull. These three mourned together for the fate of the unfortunate man. After a time the old bull requested that they examine the ground to see if they could find a piece of bone. After long and careful search they succeeded in finding one small piece that had not been trampled by the buffalo.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 57 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

  • HinduKeith 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 followsRecognition 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 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
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Tabu: offending supernatural wife. Upon slight offence the wife leaves for her old homeTabu: offending animal wifeResuscitation by sweating
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