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- Transformation to tramp to escape recognition. D659.12
- Disenchantment by recognition. D772.1
- Transformation to old man to escape recognition. D1891
- Remarkable power of recognition. Man remembers all people he has met. (Cf. F692.) F654
- Recognition of witches. G250
- Witch recognition – miscellaneous methods. G259
- Recognition of captive's voice brings about rescue from ogre. Usually captive sings in the bag. G556
- Identity tests. Recognition. Elaborate means are employed in folk-literature for the recognition of persons even though they have been separated a very short time. The various means used are detailed in the following discussion. H0
- Recognition through common knowledge. H10
- Recognition through story-telling. Telling of a story known to both persons concerned brings about recognition. H11
- Recognition by telling life history. H11.1
- Recognition at inn (hospital, etc.) where all must tell their life histories. H11.1.1
- Recognition: life story painted on wall. H11.1.2
- Recognition by life history sung. (Cf. H12.) H11.1.3
- Recognition by tracing ancestry. H11.1.4
- Recognition by song (music). Person is recognized because the song is sung only by him or because he is the only one besides the listener who knows it. H12
- Recognition by verse of song. H12.2
- Recognition by matching a couplet together. H12.2.1
- Recognition by overheard conversation (usually with animals or objects). Person not daring to reveal self directly thus attracts attention and recognition. H13
- Recognition by overheard conversation with animal. H13.1