μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Recognition by missing finger.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Recognition by bodily marks or physical attributes. · view the constellation · filed as H57.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "doigt"
  • Spanish Espinosa Jr. 120, 121.
  • general *Hartland Perseus III 207ff.
  • general Dickson 42 n. 42
Within the index

Filed under Recognition by missing member.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Severed finger as sign of crime. Robber bridegroom thus detected Recognition of murdered person by severed fingernail
Filed beside it
Recognition of resuscitated person by missing member Recognition by broken tooth Recognition by missing toe Recognition by description of woman with missing hands Recognition by artificial hands

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