Pseudo-scientific methods of detecting

Motif

Pseudo-scientific methods of detecting.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Cleverness in detection of truth. · view the constellation · filed as J1142

Cited in the index

general *Penzer Poison-Damsels 75ff.

Within the index

Filed under Cleverness in detection of truth.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Test of mother by weighing milk. The one with the heavier milk the mother of the boy; the other of the girl Love detected by quickening pulse. A woman's adulterous love detected through her pulse quickening at mention of her lover Adultery detected by spit marks on the wall. Too high to have been made by husband Thief's corpse carried through street to see who will weep for him

Filed beside it

Solomon able to detect truth without evidence of witnesses Confession obtained by a ruse Thief detected by building straw fire so that smoke escapes through thief's entrance. The secret hole into the building is thus discovered and the thief caught Eaters of stolen food detected Detection through aid of animal Detection by strewing ashes (sand). Trespasser (lover, mistress, ghost, fairy, etc.) leaves footprints in the ashes Detection through feigned dream Miscellaneous means of detecting

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