μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Recognition by bodily marks or physical attributes.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Recognition by bodily marks or physical attributes. · view the constellation · filed as H50

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
Within the index
13 finer motifs beneath it
Recognition by scar. (Cf. H56.) Recognition through branding Recognition by wound. (Cf. H51.) Recognition by missing member Tell-tale hand-mark. Clandestine lover is identified by paint marks left on his skin by his mistress Recognition by ornaments under skin Recognition of transformed person (animal). (Cf. H48.) Recognition of other transformed persons Recognition of disenchanted person by physical attributes Marks of royalty. (Cf. H41, H171.5.) Identification by a hair Recognition by feather Recognition by physical attributes – miscellaneous

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