Cross between shoulders as sign of royalty (nobility)

Motif

Cross between shoulders as sign of royalty (nobility).

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Recognition by bodily marks or physical attributes. · view the constellation · filed as H71.5

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

EnglishWells 14f. (The Lay of Havelok)
Icelandic*Boberg.
general Dickson 48f.

Within the index

Filed under Marks of royalty. (Cf. H41, H171.5.)

Filed beside it

Star on forehead as sign of royalty Gold (silver) hairs as sign of royalty Pearls from hair as sign of royalty Roses from lips as sign of royalty. Princess laughs roses Bright eyes as sign of royalty (nobility)Child born with chain around neck: sign of royalty Tears of blood: sign of royalty Red teeth as sign of royalty Marvel as sign of royalty Gold in stool as sign of royalty

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