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Motif

Identification by a hair.

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Recognition by bodily marks or physical attributes. · view the constellation · filed as H75

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Filed under Recognition by bodily marks or physical attributes.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Identification by hair found floating on water Identification by hair dropped by bird Recognition by hair found in a fish which has swallowed it Recognition by golden hair Identification by wolf's hair Recognition by missing hair Recognition of murderers by their short hair
Filed beside it
Recognition by scar. (Cf. H56.) Recognition through branding Recognition by wound. (Cf. H51.) Recognition by missing member Tell-tale hand-mark. Clandestine lover is identified by paint marks left on his skin by his mistress Recognition by ornaments under skin Recognition of transformed person (animal). (Cf. H48.) Recognition of other transformed persons Recognition of disenchanted person by physical attributes Marks of royalty. (Cf. H41, H171.5.) Recognition by feather Recognition by physical attributes – miscellaneous

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