Severed finger as sign of crime. Robber bridegroom thus detected.
Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Recognition by bodily marks or physical attributes. · view the constellation · filed as H57.2.1
Motif
Cited in the index
- general *Type 955.
Carried in tale types
- The Robber Bridegroom [K1916] · ATU 955 1 recorded variant
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