μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • Italian NovellaRotunda
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • JapaneseIkeda.
  • general Fb "bi" IV 36b
Within the index

Filed under Circumstances of recognition.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Insect points out deity by settling where he isKing selected by having a cricket light on his headRecognition of disguised princess by bull
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 transformed person among identical companions. Prearranged signalsRecognition 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

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