μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • SpanishEspinosa Jr. Nos. 150, 168, 171.
  • general *Hartland Perseus III 208f.
Within the index

Filed under Recognition by bodily marks or physical attributes.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Recognition of resuscitated person by missing memberRecognition by broken toothRecognition by missing fingerRecognition by missing toeRecognition by description of woman with missing handsRecognition by artificial hands
Filed beside it
Recognition by scar. (Cf. H56.)Recognition through brandingRecognition by wound. (Cf. H51.)Tell-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

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