μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Animal (object) indicates election of ruler.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Circumstances of recognition. · view the constellation · filed as H171

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish Beal XXI 309.
  • general *Egerton JAOS XXXIII 158
  • general *Chauvin VI 75 No. 239
Within the index

Filed under Circumstances of recognition.

6 finer motifs beneath it
King selected by elephant's bowing to him Bird indicates election of king (pope) Horse indicates election of emperor Man before whom riderless car stops chosen king Stone of destiny (Lia Fáil). Roars out under rightful king. (Cf. H71.) Pope selected by chair moving toward candidate
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 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 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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