Discussion between priest and Jew carried on by symbols. E.g., priest raises three fingers (Trinity); Jew raises arm (one God); etc

Motif

Discussion between priest and Jew carried on by symbols. E.g., priest raises three fingers (Trinity); Jew raises arm (one God); etc.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Symbolic interpretations. · view the constellation · filed as H607.1

Scholars’ trail — 10references

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.

Irish mythCross
LithuanianBalys Index No. 922A*
Spanish ExemplaKeller
Italian Novella*Rotunda
IndiaThompson-Balys
JapaneseIkeda.
general *Anderson FFC XLII 354 n. 4
general Köhler-Bolte II 479ff.
general *Loewe Zs. f. Vksk. XXVIII 126
general Penzer VI 249

Within the index

Filed under Discussion by symbols. Sign language.

Filed beside it

Discussion between two poets (sages?) carried on in poetic obscure language Princess declares her love through sign language: not understood Is town too full of anchorites? Saint entering holy town is sent cup full to brim of milk by its worldly-minded fakirs that he may know the town can hold no more anchorites. Saint floats a flower on milk and returns cup

Carried in tale types

Discussion in Sign Language · ATU 9241 recorded variant

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