Motif
concealed identity under an assumed name
concealed_identity_under_an_assumed_name
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.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
norse
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The Poetic Edda HELGAKVITHA HUNDINGSBANA II / THE SECOND LAY OF HELGI HUNDINGSBANE / INTRODUCTORY NOTE / NOTES; lines 12767-12873 confidence: high
Helgi appears to have stayed with Hunding under the name Hamal and later revealed his true identity; the note discusses possible substitution of names and a possible link to the lost Karuljoth and Hromundar saga Greipssonar, while limiting the connection.
Helgi is said to have stayed with Hunding under the name Hamal and then sent word of who he really was.
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zulu
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Nursery Tales, Traditions, and Histories of the Zulus, in Their Own Words ULUHLAZASE. / ULANGALASENIILA NOLANGALASENZANTSI. / ULANGALASENIILA NOLANGALASENZANTSI.19 / TJLAXGALASENHLA N OL AN GALAS EN ZAN TS I.; lines 5376-5423 confidence: high
Ulangalasenzantsi instructs her to say she has taken into her protection and service a tall man named Ubombi, not to say he is Ulangalasenzantsi, to conceal him from Ulangalasenthla, and to say he is merely a foreigner.
Ulangalasenzantsi tells his daughter not to identify him by his true name and to present him as a foreigner named Ubombi.
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