Rescue tokens. Proof that hero has succeeded in rescue. (Cf. H105, H105.1, H105.2.)

Motif

Rescue tokens. Proof that hero has succeeded in rescue. (Cf. H105, H105.1, H105.2.)

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Identification by tokens. · Identification by tokens. · view the constellation · filed as H83

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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.

general *Types 300, 301, 304, 306
general *Hartland Perseus III 203ff. (list of tokens).

Within the index

Filed under Identification by tokens.

Filed beside it

True redeemers to be recognized by tokens Clandestine lover recognized by tokens Identifying tokens sent with messenger Tokens of exploits Captive sends token of safety Inscribed name on article as token of ownership. (Cf. H94.10.)Garlands (flowers) as token Recognition by tokens left as trail

Travels with

Parts of slain animals as token of slaying Dragon-tongue proof. Dragon slayer cuts out the tongues and uses them later to prove his identity as slayer Tongue as proof that man has been murdered

Carried in tale types

The Dragon-Slayer · ATU 30012 recorded variants
The Dangerous Night-Watch (previously The Hunter) · ATU 3049 recorded variants
The Twins or Blood-Brothers · ATU 3033 recorded variants

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