Motif
Concealed identity revealed by social signs
concealed_identity_revealed_by_social_signs
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
norse
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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9748-9860 confidence: high
Hiordis and her handmaiden exchange garments; the maid personates the queen before Elf, who honors Sigmund’s remains and offers both women asylum overseas.
Hiordis and her maid exchange clothes, but Elf’s question about waking reveals the maid by her cow-and-milk habit and Hiordis by her golden ring.
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