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Motifs — first 20 of 22
- God changes color (tails) of devil's cows. Devil makes all animals of same color (or all tailless). When God makes them of different colors (or with tails) devil no longer recognizes them. (Cf. A2378.1.) A2286.2.4
- Marvelous sensitiveness: man recognizes milk of his stolen cows. F647.5.3
- Blind tiger recognizes by man's voice that he is a hypocrite. F655.2
- Child recognizes relative's flesh when it is served to be eaten. G61.1
- Mother recognizes child's flesh when it is served to be eaten. G61.2
- A little girl recognizes the devil by his tail. G303.4.6.1
- Boy recognizes devil when he fans fire with his tail. G303.4.6.2
- Devil comes out of man when monk recognizes devil's voice in man. G303.16.19.7
- Horse recognizes kol transformed to look like his master and throws him off. H62.2
- Recognition by smile. Sultan frees prisoner when he recognizes him as a former aid. H79.4
- Recognition by calabash. Slave recognizes calabash and knows that girl lives. H133
- Attention drawn by gold and silver decorated mouse: as princess turns after it, suitor recognizes her. H151.1.2
- Father recognizes son after having thrown him in oven. H165
- Child mystically recognizes woman as his mother. H175.2
- Cow-herd looking for cattle thief recognizes him in the lion. Desists. J561.2
- "High-born alone recognizes one of equal rank with himself." Jackal sees man with instrument he is unfamiliar with, comes up to him and salutes him "Lord of Delhi." Man calls him Lord of Jungle and tells above. J814.3
- Boy refuses pearls for worthless stones; jeweler recognizes them for what they are. J2093.3.1
- The evil woman in the glass case as the last commodity. The man is to belong to the devil as soon as he has sold his goods. If he has any goods that no one will buy, he is to be free. The man puts an evil old woman in a glass case. When the devil sees her, he recognizes her. "Whoever knows her will refuse to buy her." The man goes free. K216.1
- Ogam inscription on shield orders that bearer (who does not know meaning) shall be killed. Poet (who recognizes the meaning) reports to king that inscription means a request for honorable treatment. K511.2
- Queen changes her own ugly twins for slave's pretty son. Later recognizes the better character of the twins, and changes back again. K1921.3