Recognition by scar. (Cf. H56.) — Mythoi

Motif

Recognition by scar. (Cf. H56.)

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Recognition by bodily marks or physical attributes. · view the constellation · filed as H51

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg
Italian Basile Pentamerone I No. 9, *Rotunda
Greek Odyssey, books XIX, XXIV → on our shelf: The Odyssey, Book XIX
Arabian Burton Nights I 248
Jewish *Neuman
Indonesia De Vries's list No. 158
Chinese Werner 281 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter X
general *Type 314
general N. Am. Indian (Ponka): Dorsey CNAE VI 606, (Blackfoot): Wissler and Duvall PaAM II 109, (Eastern Cree): Skinner PaAM IX 92.

Within the index

Filed under Recognition by bodily marks or physical attributes.

1 finer motif beneath it

Recognition by birthmark

Filed beside it

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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Recognition by wound. (Cf. H51.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Blind god. Hödhr Goddess of mercy Animal as servant to man Animal as domestic servant Helpful tiger Transformation: man to tiger Transformation: instruments of torture to lotus flowers Magic object acquired as reward for religious austerities Magic peach Magic hairpin Magic waters and medicines Magic salve (ointment)

Carried in tale types

The Predestined Wife [T22 · ATU 930A 4 recorded variants

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