Recognition through common knowledge – miscellaneous — Mythoi

Motif

Recognition through common knowledge – miscellaneous.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Recognition through common knowledge. · view the constellation · filed as H19

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Filed under Recognition through common knowledge.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Recognition by ability to identify property Recognition by answer to conundrum (known only to two persons)

Filed beside it

Recognition through story-telling. Telling of a story known to both persons concerned brings about recognition Recognition by song (music). Person is recognized because the song is sung only by him or because he is the only one besides the listener who knows it Recognition by overheard conversation (usually with animals or objects). Person not daring to reveal self directly thus attracts attention and recognition Recognition by observing emotional reactions of another to object of common experience Identity tested by account of common experiences Recognition by describing or producing object of common knowledge Recognition by reminders of what has been said Recognition by password

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