μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Recognition by exact fitting of clothes.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Recognition through personal peculiarities · view the constellation · filed as H36

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
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Filed under Recognition through personal peculiarities

2 finer motifs beneath it
Slipper test. Identification by fitting of slipper Garment fits only true king. (Cf. H41.)
Filed beside it
Recognition by unique ability Recognition by extraordinary prowess Recognition by unique manner of performing an act Person's rank betrayed by habitual conversation Recognition of royalty by personal characteristics or traits. (Cf. H36.2, H71.) Recognition by perfume Recognition of deity Cannibal recognized by cloud of dust raised Demon recognized by corpse it occupies turning to worm when stake is driven through it Animal in human form recognized. (Cf. H64.) Recognition through personal peculiarities – miscellaneous

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