μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 6references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • India*Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Types 314, 502, 883B
  • general Dickson 41
  • general Chauvin V 152
  • general Tawney I 37, 92
  • general Burton Nights VII 89 n.
Within the index

Filed under Recognition by bodily marks or physical attributes.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Recognition through branding with hoof-marksSacred animals branded by conjurerRecognition by tatoo
Filed beside it
Recognition by scar. (Cf. H56.)Recognition by wound. (Cf. H51.)Recognition by missing memberTell-tale hand-mark. Clandestine lover is identified by paint marks left on his skin by his mistressRecognition by ornaments under skinRecognition of transformed person (animal). (Cf. H48.)Recognition of other transformed personsRecognition of disenchanted person by physical attributesMarks of royalty. (Cf. H41, H171.5.)Identification by a hairRecognition by featherRecognition by physical attributes – miscellaneous
Travels with
Branding as punishment. (Cf. H55.)
Carried in tale types

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