Amount of blood in spittle as test of complete subjection. Incomplete till all is blood — Mythoi

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Amount of blood in spittle as test of complete subjection. Incomplete till all is blood.

Tests. · Tests of truth. · Other tests of truth. · view the constellation · filed as H252.2

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Act of truth. Person asserts a thing as true declaring: "If my words are true, may this or that happen."

Filed beside it

Test: telling true stories Placing hand on genitals as test of truth If oath is false, fruit will fall. (Cf. H251.3.10.) Oath taken on boy's head: boy to die if false Act of truth: island sinks into sea, after hanging of man who has appealed to God to cause the phenomenon as indication of his innocence. (Cf. F948.) Act of truth: cursed church clock never runs correctly

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