56 motifs match “identification”  ·  back to the chapters

• Slipper test. Identification by fitting of slipper. H36.1
• Mutilation of children's bodies for identification. H56.2
• Identification by a hair. H75
• Identification by hair found floating on water. H75.1
• Identification by hair dropped by bird. H75.2
• Identification by wolf's hair. H75.5
• Identification by feather taken from hero when he was transformed to bird. H78.2
• Identification of man by his little toe. H79.2
• Identification of man by his skull. H79.5
• Identification by tokens. H80
• Hero lies by sleeping girl and leaves identification token with her. H81.1
• Identification by ornaments. H90
• Identification by producing three golden apples. H91.3
• Identification by necklace. H92
• Identification by jewel. H93
• Identification by ring. H94
• Identification by ring baked in cake. H94.1
• Identification by ring baked in bread. H94.2
• Identification by ring dropped in pitcher of wine. H94.3
• Identification by ring dropped in glass (cup) of wine. H94.4
• Identification through broken ring. (Cf. H100.) The two parts of the ring fit together. H94.5
• Identification through ring concealed in garland. H94.9
• Identification by amulet. (Cf. D1070.) H96
• Identification by matching parts of divided token. H100
• Identification by broken weapon. Point of weapon broken off. Later found to match rest of weapon. H101
• Identification by matching weapon with wound. H101.1
• Identification by indenture. Each of two persons keeps his half of a contract which has been torn in two. Fitting of the halves brings about recognition. H102
• Identification by fitting together two pieces of parchment. H102.1
• Identification between lovers by matching claw and leg of dragon. H105.6
• Identification by severed limbs. (Cf. also H105.) H106
• Identification by severed hand. H106.1
• Identification by cloth or clothing. H110
• Identification by garment. H111
• Identification by royal garments. H111.1
• Identification by feather cloak. H111.2
• Identification by scarf. H112
• Identification by handkerchief. H113
• Identification by glove. H114
• Identification by veil. H115
• Identification by girdle. H116
• Identification by cut garment. Garment is cut and fragment taken as token. H117
• Identification by shred of garment of rescued princess used as bandage for wound. H118
• Identification by cloth or clothing – miscellaneous. H119
• Identification by tokens – miscellaneous. H120
• Identification by cup. H121
• Identification by weapons. H125
• Identification by sword. H125.1
• Identification by spear. H125.2
• Identification by war-club. H125.3
• Identification by coat of arms. H126
• Identification by axe. Recognition by axe which man bears. H131
• Identification by magic hand. H145
• Identification by nurse. Long-missing person identified by his childhood nurse. H183
• Confederate answers for corpse. Man poses as returned heir to dead man; pretends to address corpse for identification. K451.5
• Pretended honesty to mulct victim. Trickster claims to have found a bag of gold. Confederate claims and receives it upon correct identification. Spectator is thus deceived into trusting the trickster with a large sum of money. K2054
• Heroine's three-fold flight from ball. Cinderella (Cap o' Rushes) after meeting the prince at a ball (church) flees before identification is possible. Repeated three times. R221