Other tests of truth — Mythoi

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Other tests of truth.

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Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter IV IV. Magic and Religion
Hermetic / Alchemical The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged , Tract 21: The Golden Calf (John Frederick Helvetius)
Literary Crystallization Masnavi i Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets (abridged) , Book 2, Story 1
Literary Crystallization Moby-Dick; or, The Whale , 9
North American Indigenous Zuni Folk Tales , Tale 7

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Icelandic Boberg.

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15 finer motifs beneath it

Worn-out shoes as proof of long journey Credential tests: proof that messenger comes from certain person Nature fruitless if false judgment is passed Person magically disfigured when he speaks falsely Casting lots as truth test Test of death: to see whether person is dead or feigning Test of truth by magic object Act of truth. Person asserts a thing as true declaring: "If my words are true, may this or that happen." Oaths before gods as test of truth Test: which of twins is elder. Younger unthinkingly hands chopsticks to elder and thus betrays his junior rank Test of innocence: apple and gold offered. Innocent person takes apple Holiness of saint tested: asked to perform miracles Gold in the Bible. A man professes to be a great Bible reader. King leaves a piece of money in the Bible. On his next visit it is still there Test of sin Footsteps in manure (dust) as proof that dead man has walked

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