Child born with chain around neck: sign of royalty

Motif

Child born with chain around neck: sign of royalty.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Recognition by bodily marks or physical attributes. · view the constellation · filed as H71.7

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

general *Type 707
general BP I 432, II 380ff.
general Todd MLN VI 7
general Wesselski Märchen 174 No. 64
general Wells Manual 96 (Chevalere Assigne).

Within the index

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

2 finer motifs beneath it

Girl born with costly jewels: sign of royalty Prince born with bow of gold and string of silver

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 Cross between shoulders as sign of royalty (nobility)Bright eyes as sign of royalty (nobility)Tears of blood: sign of royalty Red teeth as sign of royalty Marvel as sign of royalty Gold in stool as sign of royalty

Carried in tale types

The Three Golden Children (previously The Three Golden Sons) · ATU 707256 recorded variants

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